Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/puHrós

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Possibly from *pewH- (“to mow, harvest”) +‎ *-rós (compare Latin putō (“to prune (trees), scour (wool)”), Latvian pļaũt (“to mow, harvest”)), or perhaps *ph₂-u-ró-s, from *peh₂- (“to strike”)[1]. Alternatively borrowed from Proto-Semitic (compare Hebrew בָּר‎ (bar, “wheat”), Arabic بُرّ‎ (burr, “wheat”)), or a Wanderwort[2].

Noun

*puHrós m[3]

wheat

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*puHrós
genitive	*puHrósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*puHrós	*puHróh₁	*puHróes
vocative	*puHré	*puHróh₁	*puHróes
accusative	*puHróm	*puHróh₁	*puHróms
genitive	*puHrósyo	*?	*puHróoHom
ablative	*puHréad	*?	*puHrómos
dative	*puHróey	*?	*puHrómos
locative	puHréy, puHróy	*?	*puHróysu
instrumental	*puHróh₁	*?	*puHrṓys

Descendants

Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
- Latvian: pūŗi
- Lithuanian: purai
- Old Prussian: pure
- Slavic: [Term?]
  - Old Church Slavonic: пꙑре (pyre)
  - Russian: пыре́й (pyréj)
  - Ukrainian: пирій (pyrij)
Germanic: [Term?]
- Old English: fyrs
  - English: furze
Hellenic: *pʰurós (< metathesized *pHurós[4])
- Ancient Greek: πυρός (purós)
Indo-Iranian: *puHrás
- Indo-Aryan: *puHrás
  - Sanskrit: पूर (pūra)

References

Michael Janda (200) Eleusis: das indogermanische Erbe der Mysterien (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 86), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, pages 39-43
Schwyzer, Eduard (1939, 1950) Griechische Grammatik: auf der Grundlage von Karl Brugmanns Griechischer Grammatik (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft; 1, part 3) (in German), München: C. H. Beck, page 53
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “pū-ro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 850
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, page πῡρός of 1203-1204

[1] Michael Janda (200) Eleusis: das indogermanische Erbe der Mysterien (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 86), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck, pages 39-43

[2] Schwyzer, Eduard (1939, 1950) Griechische Grammatik: auf der Grundlage von Karl Brugmanns Griechischer Grammatik (Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft; 1, part 3) (in German), München: C. H. Beck, page 53

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “pū-ro-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 850

[4] 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, page πῡρός of 1203-1204