Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/p(t)erH-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/p(t)erH-

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

Reconstruction

A hotly disputed root. Derksen prefers to reconstruct *perH-, to which he also assigns Slavic *pero.[1] Matasovic reconstructs *perHt-.[2] Kroonen reconstructs *pterH- under the assumption of a connection with Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris),[3] a connection Derksen and Matasovic do not find phonologically likely;[1][2] Beekes considers the term a later Greek formation.[4] The only point of agreement between them is that the majority of descendants generally assigned to this root, with the exception of πτέρις (ptéris), are definitively cognate.

Root

*p(t)erH-

1. fern

Derived terms

• *p(t)rH-tis[3]
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸratis (see there for further descendants)
• *p(t)orH-no-[3]
• *po-p(t)orH-tis [3][1]
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: paparde
    • Lithuanian: papartis
    • Proto-Slavic: *paportь (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “papartis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “frati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
3. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “farna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 129-130
4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πτέρις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1247