Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keh₂n-

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

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*keh₂n-

to sing

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂n- (21 c, 0 e)

*kh₂n-é-ti ~ kh₂n-ó-nti (tudati-type thematic present)
- Proto-Celtic: *kaneti^[3] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *kanō (see there for further descendants)
*kéh₂n-mn̥ (“song”)
- Proto-Italic: *kanmen
  - Latin: carmen (with dissimilation) (see there for further descendants)
*ke-koh₂n- (“stork”)^[4]
- Proto-Italic: *kikōniā
  - Latin: cicōnia (see there for further descendants)
*kéh₂n-tlom
- Proto-Celtic: *kantlom (“song”)^[5] (see there for further descendants)
- Lithuanian: kanklės (“string musical instrument”)
Unsorted formations:
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *kaňa (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *hanô (“rooster”), *hanjō (“hen”), *hōnaz (“fowl”) (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: καναχέω (kanakhéō), καναχή (kanakhḗ), ἠικανός (ēikanós)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
  - Proto-Iranian: *kanati
    - Northern Kurdish: xwendin
    - Persian: خواندن (xândan)
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
    - Sanskrit: कणति (kaṇati)
- Proto-Tocharian: *kene (“melody, tune”)^[6] (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 342-43
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kan-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kantlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kene”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 206