Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/spḗr

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 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

Unknown; perhaps of non-Indo-European origin, like many other bird names.[1]

Noun

*spḗr m[2]

  1. sparrow

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
singular
nominative *spḗr
genitive *sprés
singular dual plural
nominative *spḗr *spérh₁(e) *spéres
vocative *spér *spérh₁(e) *spéres
accusative *spérm̥ *spérh₁(e) *spérm̥s
genitive *sprés *? *spróHom
ablative *sprés *? *spr̥mós, *spr̥bʰós
dative *spréy *? *spr̥mós, *spr̥bʰós
locative *spér, *spéri *? *spr̥sú
instrumental *spréh₁ *? *spr̥mís, *spr̥bʰís

Descendants

  • Proto-Hellenic: *spḗr
    • Ancient Greek: ψήρ (psḗr) (Ionic), ψάρ (psár, “starling”)

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “parra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447: “PIt. *parVsā-”
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*sper-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 145
  3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ṣparā-yäkre”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN: “*spērwehₐ-”
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sparwa(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466: “*psor-uo(n)-”
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “*sfrawo-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 334: “*sprh₂wo-”
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