Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/snéh₁wr̥
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *(s)neh₁- (“to twist threads, spin, weave”) + *-wr̥ (substantifying suffix).
Noun
*snéh₁wr̥ n (oblique stem *sn̥h₁wén-)[1][2]
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *snéh₁wr̥ | ||
| genitive | *sn̥h₁wéns | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *snéh₁wr̥ | — | — |
| vocative | *snéh₁wr̥ | — | — |
| accusative | *snéh₁wr̥ | — | — |
| genitive | *sn̥h₁wéns | — | — |
| ablative | *sn̥h₁wéns | — | — |
| dative | *sn̥h₁wéney | — | — |
| locative | *sn̥h₁wén, *sn̥h₁wéni | — | — |
| instrumental | *sn̥h₁wénh₁ | — | — |
Descendants
- Anatolian:
- Hittite: [script needed] (išḫunawar, “sinew, string”)
- Armenian:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Latvian: šņore
- Proto-Germanic: *senawō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: νεῦρον (neûron) (< *sneh₁wr-o-)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *snáHwr̥
- Proto-Italic: *(s)nēuros (< *sneh₁wr-o-)
- Latin: nervus (< *neuros by metathesis)
- Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: ṣñor
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nervus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407
- ^ https://www.parsi.wiki/fa/wiki/topicdetail/23e0f5fde1684f67996dc53047e0bfb3
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 568
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “neard-k‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 502