Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/perkʷ-

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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European[edit]

Root[edit]

*perkʷ-

  1. oak

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perkʷ-‎ (3 c, 0 e)
  • *perkʷ-unyo-s (“forest”)[1]
    • Proto-Celtic: *Φerkunyos[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *fergunją (“(forested) mountain(land)”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *pérkʷ-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • *pr̥kʷ-éh₂ (“pine”)[2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *furhō (“fir, pine; forest”) (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷerxt-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 160
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