Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/warnás
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This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an adjective *warnás or *warwás (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), the same source as *wárˀnāˀ (“crow”). See also Hittite 𒉿𒊏 (wa-ra).[1]
Noun[edit]
Inflection[edit]
| Declension of *warnás (o-stem, mobile accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *warnás | *wárnōˀ | *warnái(ˀ) | |
| Accusative | *wárnan | *wárnōˀ | *wárnō(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *wárnā | *warnā́u(ˀ) | *warnṓn | |
| Locative | *wárnai | *warnā́u(ˀ) | *warnáišu | |
| Dative | *wárnōi | *warnámā(ˀ) | *warnámas | |
| Instrumental | *wárnōˀ | *warnámāˀ | *warnṓis | |
| Vocative | *wárne | *wárnōˀ | *warnái(ˀ) | |
Descendants[edit]
- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: warnis
- Proto-Slavic: *vȏrnъ (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1166, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1166
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȏrnъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 528: “BSl. *worwos”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “varnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491: “BSL *worwos >> *wornos”
- ^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff