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

Root

*perkʷ-

oak

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perkʷ- (3 c, 0 e)

*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

↑ ^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
↑ ^2.0 ^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

[Matasovic-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

[Mallory-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

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