Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pnew-

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

Etymology

Perhaps imitative or related to *plew-.

Root

*pnew-

1. pant, breathe

Derived terms

• *pnéw-e-ti (root present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pnéwō
    • Ancient Greek: πνέω (pnéō)
      • Epic Greek: πνείω (pneíō)
• *pnḗw-s-t ~ *pnéw-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pnḗwhe
    • Ancient Greek: ἔπνευσε (épneuse)
• *pnéw-s- (extended root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *fneusaną
  • *pnus-néh₂-
    • Proto-Germanic: *fnuz(z)ōną (alternatively an iterative of *fneusaną)
      • Middle High German: pfnurren
      • Icelandic: hnerra
• *pnéw-mn̥
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Iranian: *pnâw- (“breathe; air; swell”)
    • Classical Persian: پناد (panâd, “air”)
    • Old Azari: پندن (pandan, “to swell”)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “838-39”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 838-39
• Watkins, Calvert (1985) “pneu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt