Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pnew-

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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

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Etymology

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    Likely onomatopoeic.

    Root

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    *pnew-[1][2][3]

    1. to breathe, gasp
    2. to snort, sneeze

    Derived terms

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    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pnew- (9 c, 0 e)
    • *pnéw-e-ti (thematic root present)[2]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *pnéwō
    • *pnéw-se-ti ((h₁)se-desiderative)[4]
    • *pnḗw-s-t ~ *pnéw-s-n̥t (s-aorist)[2]
    • *pnéw-mn̥
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Albanian:
        • >? Proto-Albanian: *pnewa
          • Albanian: *pnyj
            • Albanian: fryj (< earlier *fnyj)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kšnauš
        • Indo-Aryan:
        • Proto-Iranian: *xšnauš
          • Mazanderani: اشنافه (ëšnâfe, “sneeze”)
          • Kurdish:
            Northern Kurdish: hênijîn (“to sneeze”)
          • Middle Persian: (/⁠šnōšag⁠⁠/, “sneeze”)
            Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (šnwšk')

    References

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    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pneu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 838-39
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*pneu̯-¹ ‘hauchen, keuchen’”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 489
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*pneu- ‘± snort, sneeze’”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 82
    4. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fneusan- ~ *fnūsan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149: “*pnéus-e-”
    5. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fnuz(z)ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150
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