Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tpḗrsneh₂
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Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from *t(s)pērH- (“to kick with the heel”) + *-sneh₂, possible compound of *pd- (“foot”) + *sperH- (“to beat, kick”).[1] Alternatively from *t(s)pḗr-s + *-néh₂, s-stem of the same root.
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Thematic in *-eh₂ | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *tpḗrsneh₂ | ||
genitive | *tpḗrsneh₂s | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *tpḗrsneh₂ | — | — |
vocative | *tpḗrsneh₂ | — | — |
accusative | *tpḗrsnām | — | — |
genitive | *tpḗrsneh₂s | — | — |
ablative | *tpḗrsneh₂s | — | — |
dative | *tpḗrsneh₂ey | — | — |
locative | *tpḗrsneh₂, *tpḗrsneh₂i | — | — |
instrumental | *tpḗrsneh₂h₁ | — | — |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Anatolian:
- Hittite: [script needed] (paršna-)
- Proto-Germanic: *fersnō[3] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: πτέρνη (ptérnē)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pā́ršniš (< *tpērsneh₂-i-s)
- Proto-Italic: *persnā[1]
- Latin: perna (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *porsno (“ankle”) (< *tpērsneh₂-h₁en-)[4]
- Tocharian B: porsnai-
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “perna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 460-461: “*persnā-”
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 183: “*pérsn-ehₐ- 'heel'”
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fersnō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137: “*tpēr-sneh₂”
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “porsno*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 435: “*pērsnehₐ-h₁en-”