Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/warnás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), the same source as *wárˀnāˀ (“crow”). See also Hittite 𒉿𒊏 (wa-ra).[1]

Noun

*warnás m[2][3][4]

raven

Inflection

Declension of *warnás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*warnás	*wárnōˀ	*warnái⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*wárnan	*wárnōˀ	*wárnō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wárnā	*warnā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*warnṓn
Locative	*wárnai	*warnā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*warnáišu
Dative	*wárnōi	*warnámā⁽ˀ⁾	*warnámas
Instrumental	*wárnōˀ	*warnámāˀ	*warnṓis
Vocative	*wárne	*wárnōˀ	*warnái⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: vãrns
- Lithuanian: var̃nas
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: warnis
Proto-Slavic: *vȏrnъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1166
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȏrnъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “BSl. *worwos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “varnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491: “BSL *worwos >> *wornos”
Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1166

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȏrnъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “BSl. *worwos”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), “varnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491: “BSL *worwos >> *wornos”

[4] Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff