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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/garnō
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *ǵʰórneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- or *ǵʰern-. Probably cognate with Latin hernia, Lithuanian žarna. Beekes reconstructs the PIE root with a laryngeal however, *ǵʰerH-, in relation to Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “guts, string made of gut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑr.nɔː/
Noun
*garnō f
- intestines, gut
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *garnō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *garnō | *garnôz | |
| vocative | *garnō | *garnôz | |
| accusative | *garnǭ | *garnōz | |
| genitive | *garnōz | *garnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *garnōi | *garnōmaz | |
| instrumental | *garnō | *garnōmiz | |
Derived terms
- *garną
- *garniją, *midjagarniją
Descendants
- Old Norse: gǫrn
- Faroese: gørn
- Icelandic: görn
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN