Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gerh₂ōws

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

From *gerh₂- (“crane”).

Noun

*gerh₂ōws ? (oblique stem *gr̥h₂w-)^[1]^[2]

crane (bird)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

According to Kroonen and De Vaan:^[1]^[2]

Nominative: *ǵerh₂-ōw-s
Accusative: *ǵerh₂-ew-m̥
Genitive: *ǵr̥h₂-w-es / -os

Descendants

Depalatalization in Baltic possibly due to zero-grade.^[3]

Balto-Slavic:
- Eastern Baltic:^[4]
  - Latvian: dzẽrve
  - Lithuanian: gérvė
- Western Baltic:
  - Old Prussian: gerwe
- Proto-Slavic: *žervъ, *žeravъ^[5]^[4]
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *žeravľь (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *grūs
- Latin: grūs (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “grūs, -uis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέρανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žeravъ m. jo ‘crane’”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[EDL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “grūs, -uis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέρανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267

[EDBIL-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172

[5] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žeravъ m. jo ‘crane’”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558

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