Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péh₂wr̥
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Often considered to contain the suffix + *-wr̥.
Noun
*péh₂wr̥ n[1]
Usage notes
Two terms for “fire” are reconstructible for Proto-Indo-European: *h₁n̥gʷnis and *péh₂wr̥. They are usually considered in semantic opposition. The first term is usually masculine and refers to fire as something animate and active (compare Agni, the most prominent Old Indic deity), whereas the second term is neuter and refers to fire as something inanimate and passive, i.e. as a substance.
Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic | ||||
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singular | collective | |||
nominative | *péh₂wr̥ | *péh₂wōr | ||
genitive | *ph₂wéns | *ph₂unés | ||
singular | dual | plural | collective | |
nominative | *péh₂wr̥ | — | — | *péh₂wōr |
vocative | *péh₂wr̥ | — | — | *péh₂wōr |
accusative | *péh₂wr̥ | — | — | *péh₂wōr |
genitive | *ph₂wéns | — | — | *ph₂unés |
ablative | *ph₂wéns | — | — | *ph₂unés |
dative | *ph₂wéney | — | — | *ph₂unéy |
locative | *ph₂wén, *ph₂wéni | — | — | *ph₂wén, *ph₂wéni |
instrumental | *ph₂wénh₁ | — | — | *ph₂unéh₁ |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Proto-Anatolian: *páHʷr̥ (see there for further descendants)
- Armenian:
- Proto-Baltic:
- Old Prussian: panno
- Proto-Germanic: *fōr (from *ph₂wṓr < *péh₂wōr) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Proto-Italic:
- Proto-Slavic: *pyrь (see there for further descendants)
- Tocharian:
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 202