Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰṓr

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

Etymology

From earlier *bʰórs,^[1] from *bʰer- (“to carry”).

Noun

*bʰṓr m^[2]

thief

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*bʰṓr
genitive	*bʰrés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰṓr	*bʰórh₁(e)	*bʰóres
vocative	*bʰór	*bʰórh₁(e)	*bʰóres
accusative	*bʰórm̥	*bʰórh₁(e)	*bʰórm̥s
genitive	*bʰrés	*?	*bʰróHom
ablative	*bʰrés	*?	bʰr̥mós, bʰr̥bʰós
dative	*bʰréy	*?	bʰr̥mós, bʰr̥bʰós
locative	bʰór, bʰóri	*?	*bʰr̥sú
instrumental	*bʰréh₁	*?	bʰr̥mís, bʰr̥bʰís

Descendants

Proto-Armenian:
- ⇒? Old Armenian: բուռն (buṙn, “hand, fist”)^[3]^[4]
Proto-Hellenic: *pʰṓr
- Ancient Greek: φώρ (phṓr)
Proto-Italic: *fōr (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 223.3, 273
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fūr”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251
^ Lidén, Evald (1916) “Studien zur tocharischen Sprachgeschichte”, in Göteborgs högskolas årsskrift‎ (in German), volume 22, number 3, pages 32–34
^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 123–124

[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 223.3, 273

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fūr”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

[Lidén-3] Lidén, Evald (1916) “Studien zur tocharischen Sprachgeschichte”, in Göteborgs högskolas årsskrift‎ (in German), volume 22, number 3, pages 32–34

[4] Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 123–124

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