Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/wródon

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

Unknown; from some Eastern language. Perhaps from Old Persian *vr̥da- (“flower”) (Persian ‎ (gul)), from Proto-Iranian *wṛda- (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀-‎ (var^əδa-), Sogdian [script needed] (ward), Parthian [script needed] (wâr), compare also Middle Iranian borrowings Old Armenian վարդ (vard), Aramaic וַרְדָּא‎ (wardā) / ܘܪܕܐ‎ (wardā), Arabic وَرْدَة‎ (warda), and Hebrew וֶרֶד‎ (wéreḏ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”) (compare Old English word (“thornbush”), Latin rubus (“bramble”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”)). Possibly ultimately a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *Hweldʰ-/*Hwerdʰ- (“to grow”), only attested in Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwárdʰati (compare Sanskrit वर्धति (várdhati), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (varədaⁱti)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wró.don/

Noun

*wródon n

rose

Inflection

O-stem, neuter
Nominative	*wródon
Genitive	*wródoyyo
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*wródon	*wródō	*wróda
Vocative	*wródon	*wródō	*wróda
Accusative	*wródon	*wródō	*wróda
Genitive	*wródoyyo	*wródoyyun	*wródōn
Dative	*wródōi	*wródoyyun	*wródois
Locative	*wródoi, -ei	?	*wródoihi
Instrumental	*wródō	?	*wródōis

Descendants

Ancient Greek: ῥόδον (rhódon), βρόδον (bródon); ϝρόδον (wródon)
- Greek: ρόδο (ródo)
- ⇒ New Latin: rhodium (see there for further descendants)
- →? Oscan:
  - →? Latin: rosa (see there for further descendants)