Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰerH-

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.

*ǵʰerH-^[1][2][3]

2. bowels, intestines

• *ǵʰer-^[4][5]

• *ǵʰerH-ni-eh₂^[4]
  • Latin: hernia (“protruded viscus”) (see there for further descendants)
• *ǵʰor-neh₂^[1][2][3][4] (with regular *-oRHC- > *-oRC-, the "Saussure effect")
  • Proto-Albanian: *dźārnā^[6]
    • Albanian: zorrë (“gut”)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źarˀnā́ˀ
    • Lithuanian: žarnà (“intestine, hose”)
    • Latgalian: zorna (“intestine, hose”)
    • Latvian: zar̂na (“intestine, hose”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *garnō (“intestines”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Ancient Greek: χορδή (khordḗ, “gut, string”) (< *χορνή (*khornḗ)?) (see there for further descendants)
• *ǵʰr̥H-eh₂^[1]
  • Sanskrit: हिरा (hirā́, “vein”)
• *ǵʰórH-yo-m
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kʰóryon
    • >? Ancient Greek: χόριον (khórion) (see there for further descendants)
• *ǵʰr̥H-os^[1]
  • Sanskrit: हिर (híra, “band”)
  • Proto-Iranian: *ĵʰr̥H-oh
    • Pashto: ځير (źir, “thin string”)
    • Classical Persian: زیر (zīr, “string; cord; any tiny thing such as string”)
• *ǵʰr̥H-u-^[1][2][3]
  • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *haruspeks (“diviner”)
    • Faliscan: 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌐𐌄𐌗 (haraspex), 𐌇𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌐𐌉𐌗 (haraspix)
    • Latin: haruspex (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Italic: *hario-
    • Latin: hariolus
  • >? Latin: hīra (“intestine”) (see there for further descendants)