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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From reduplicated root *pa-por- + *-tь with unexpected 'a', from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- or maybe *p(t)erH-?.
Cognate with
Lithuanian papártis, papar̃tis, papartу̃s (“fern”),
Latvian papar̂de (“fern”), paparkste, paparksts (“fern”).
Also
Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”),
Latvian spàrns (“wing”),
Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám (“wing, feather”) (> Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇám), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 n (parəna)),
Proto-Celtic *ɸratis (“fern”) (> Irish raith),
Proto-West Germanic *farn (“fern”) (> English fern, Old High German farn).
For the meaning compare
Czech čertí péro (“fern”), Ancient Greek πτερίς (pterís, “fern”) (< πτερόν (pterón, “wing”)).
Noun
*pàportь f
- fern
Declension
Declension of
*pàportь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “па́пороть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “папоротник”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 4