Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gerh₂ḗn

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

Alternative forms

*gerḗn[1], *ǵerh₂ḗn[2]

Etymology

From *gerh₂- +‎ *-ḗn.

Noun

*gerh₂ḗn m[3]

crane, heron

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*gerh₂ḗn
genitive	*gr̥h₂nés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gerh₂ḗn	*gerh₂énh₁(e)	*gerh₂énes
vocative	*gerh₂én	*gerh₂énh₁(e)	*gerh₂énes
accusative	*gerh₂énm̥	*gerh₂énh₁(e)	*gerh₂énm̥s
genitive	*gr̥h₂nés	*?	*gr̥h₂nóHom
ablative	*gr̥h₂nés	*?	*gr̥h₂n̥mós
dative	*gr̥h₂néy	*?	*gr̥h₂n̥mós
locative	gerh₂én, gerh₂éni	*?	*gr̥h₂n̥sú
instrumental	*gr̥h₂néh₁	*?	*gr̥h₂n̥mís

Derived terms

*gérh₂n-o-s[1][4]
- Proto-Celtic: *garanos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *géranos
  - Ancient Greek: γέρανος (géranos)
    - → Latin: geranium (learned) (see there for further descendants)
  - Mycenaean Greek: 𐀐𐀩𐀙𐀂 (ke-re-na-i /kerenāhi/, dat.pl.)
*górh₂n-o-s
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *garˀnas (or < *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)[5])
  - Latvian: gãrnis, gar̂nis
  - Lithuanian: garnỹs
*gréh₂n-ō ~ *gr̥h₂n̥-nés[1]
- Proto-Germanic: *kranô[6] (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations:

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: կռունկ (kṙunk)[7][6]

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *gerḗn
- Ancient Greek: γέρην (gérēn), γερήν (gerḗn)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2. ger-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 383
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “grūs, -uis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
Kapović, Mate (2017), “Part 1 Chapter 1: Proto-Indo-European phonology”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 17: “PIE *gerh₂n/w- ‘crane’”
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 246
Derksen, Rick (2015), “garnys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*krana/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “kṙunk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 377

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2. ger-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 383

[EDL-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “grūs, -uis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274

[3] Kapović, Mate (2017), “Part 1 Chapter 1: Proto-Indo-European phonology”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 17: “PIE *gerh₂n/w- ‘crane’”

[4] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 246

[5] Derksen, Rick (2015), “garnys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 165

[EDPG-6] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*krana/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301

[7] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “kṙunk”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 377