Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/perkʷ-

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 edit

Root edit

*perkʷ-

  1. oak

Derived terms edit

  • *perkʷ-unyo-s (forest)[1]
    • Proto-Celtic: *Φerkunyos[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *fergunją ((forested) mountain(land)) (see there for further descendants)
  • *pérkʷ-u-s ~ *pr̥kʷ-éw-s[2] (see there for further descendants)
  • *pr̥kʷ-éh₂ (pine)[2]
    • Proto-Germanic: *furhō (fir, pine; forest) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷerxt-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 160