Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wr̥h₁ḗn

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

Noun

*wr̥h₁ḗn

lamb in general, or more probably only the male, ram.[1]

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*wr̥h₁ḗn
genitive	*wr̥h₁nés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wr̥h₁ḗn	*wr̥h₁énh₁(e)	*wr̥h₁énes
vocative	*wr̥h₁én	*wr̥h₁énh₁(e)	*wr̥h₁énes
accusative	*wr̥h₁énm̥	*wr̥h₁énh₁(e)	*wr̥h₁énm̥s
genitive	*wr̥h₁nés	*?	*wr̥h₁nóHom
ablative	*wr̥h₁nés	*?	*wr̥h₁nmós
dative	*wr̥h₁néy	*?	*wr̥h₁nmós
locative	wr̥h₁én, wr̥h₁éni	*?	*wr̥h₁nsú
instrumental	*wr̥h₁néh₁	*?	*wr̥h₁nbʰí

Derived terms

*wr̥h₁nós
- Albanian: *wrunjā
  - Albanian: rrunjë
Iranian: *varn-aka-
- Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: उरण (úraṇa)
- Iranian:
  - Northern Kurdish: berx, бәрх (berx)
  - Central Kurdish: بەرخ‎ (berx)
  - Southern Kurdish: وەرک‎ (wark)
  - Persian: بره‎ (barre)

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: գառն (gaṙn)
Hellenic: *warḗn
- Ancient Greek: ἀρήν (arḗn)[2]

References

"The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Mallory & Adams)". ISBN-13: 978-0199296682, page 135.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀρήν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 129

[1] "The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Mallory & Adams)". ISBN-13: 978-0199296682, page 135.

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀρήν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 129