Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kr̥snós

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 *kers- +‎ *-nós or *ker-s- +‎ *-nós. Compare Proto-Celtic *dusnos (“dark, brown”) (see also *dubus (“black”) and *dubnos (“deep; world”)).

Possibly related words:

Lithuanian kéršas (“with black/white spots/patches”), kéršė (“pied cow”) and kiršlỹs (“grayling”)
Swedish harr (“grayling”) < Proto-Germanic *harzuz.^[1] See also Proto-Finnic *harjus (“grayling”).
Bulgarian чер (čer, “black”) < *черх (*čerh) like вет (vet) < ветх (veth), if not shortened from черен (čeren, “black”).
In 3+2 anthroponyms: Thracian *kersas.
River name: Hungarian Körös (“Criș”), Fekete-körös (“Crișul Negru”).
Probably unrelated to Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”) and other similar words.^[2]

Compare "black" (absorbing/without light) names:

burn (soot/char/tan): (*dʰegʷʰ-) Lithuanian dègti (“to burn”) : dãglas (“fire/burn-colored?”), dẽglas (“black-piebald?”)^[3], (*gʷʰer-) Serbo-Croatian gȃr (“ashes, cinder”) : gȁrav (“soot-colored, black”),^[4] Slovene čad (“smoke/fume, haze”) : čadeti (“to become smoke-like, blackish”),^[5] (?*(s)mewg-) Old East Slavic смага (smaga, “fire, flame”) : Russian Church Slavonic смаглъ (smaglŭ, “dark-skinned”).^[6]
- See also *kerh₃- (“to burn”),^[7] *wer- (“to burn”), *dʰewh₂- (“smoke?”), *h₁óngʷl̥ (“charcoal”), *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) and Proto-Dravidian *kār.
dirt/spot: (*melh₂-/*mel-) Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark, black”) : Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirt, filth, dust”),^[8] Latvian īls (“very dark (pitch-dark)”) : Ancient Greek ἰλύς (ilús, “mud, slime”),^[9] (*swerd-) Old High German swarz (“black”) : Latin sordēs (“dirt, filth”).^[10]
dark: *(s)ḱeh₃-, *temH-, *merk-/*merHk-, *h₂mergʷ-/*mergʷ-, *h₁regʷ-, ?*dʰewbʰ-.

Adjective

*kr̥snós (non-ablauting)

black
dark, dusky

Inflection

Thematic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*kr̥snós	*kr̥snéh₂
genitive	*kr̥snósyo	*kr̥snéh₂s
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kr̥snós	*kr̥snóh₁	*kr̥snóes
vocative	*kr̥sné	*kr̥snóh₁	*kr̥snóes
accusative	*kr̥snóm	*kr̥snóh₁	*kr̥snóms
genitive	*kr̥snósyo	*?	*kr̥snóHom
ablative	*kr̥snéad	*?	kr̥snómos, kr̥snóbʰos
dative	*kr̥snóey	*?	kr̥snómos, kr̥snóbʰos
locative	kr̥snéy, kr̥snóy	*?	*kr̥snóysu
instrumental	*kr̥snóh₁	*?	*kr̥snṓys
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kr̥snéh₂	*kr̥snéh₂h₁(e)	*kr̥snéh₂es
vocative	*kr̥snéh₂	*kr̥snéh₂h₁(e)	*kr̥snéh₂es
accusative	*kr̥snā́m	*kr̥snéh₂h₁(e)	*kr̥snéh₂m̥s
genitive	*kr̥snéh₂s	*?	*kr̥snéh₂oHom
ablative	*kr̥snéh₂s	*?	kr̥snéh₂mos, kr̥snéh₂bʰos
dative	*kr̥snéh₂ey	*?	kr̥snéh₂mos, kr̥snéh₂bʰos
locative	kr̥snéh₂, kr̥snéh₂i	*?	*kr̥snéh₂su
instrumental	*kr̥snéh₂h₁	*?	kr̥snéh₂mis, kr̥snéh₂bʰis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kr̥snóm	*kr̥snóy(h₁)	*kr̥snéh₂
vocative	*kr̥snóm	*kr̥snóy(h₁)	*kr̥snéh₂
accusative	*kr̥snóm	*kr̥snóy(h₁)	*kr̥snéh₂
genitive	*kr̥snósyo	*?	*kr̥snóHom
ablative	*kr̥snéad	*?	kr̥snómos, kr̥snóbʰos
dative	*kr̥snóey	*?	kr̥snómos, kr̥snóbʰos
locative	kr̥snéy, kr̥snóy	*?	*kr̥snóysu
instrumental	*kr̥snóh₁	*?	*kr̥snṓys

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kiršnas (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kr̥šnás (see there for further descendants)
>? Proto-Albanian: *tšārnā
- Albanian: sorrë (“crow”)
Thracian: *kersas

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хариуз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Dolgopolsky, Aharon (2008) “1155. *ḲarhA 'black'”, in Nostratic Dictionary, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, page 1101
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dheg^u̯h-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 240
^ Pero Budmani, editor (1887–1891), “gȁrav”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb: JAZU, page 105
^ Maks Pleteršnik, editor (1894), “čadẹ́ti”, in Slovensko-nemški slovar (in Slovene), volume 1, Ljubljana: Knezoškofijstvo, page 92
^ Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “смаглꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 443
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. ker(ə)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 571
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “6. mel-, melə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 720
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “īl-, īlu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 499
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “su̯ordo-s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1052