Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/paportь

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 This Proto-Slavic 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-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

  1. fern

Declension

Declension of *pàportь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *pàportь *pàporti *pàporti
genitive *pàportī *pàportьju, *pàporťu* *pàportьjь, *pàportī*
dative *pàporti *pàportьma *pàportьmъ
accusative *pàportь *pàporti *pàporti
instrumental *pàportьjǫ, *pàporťǭ* *pàportьma *pàportьmī
locative *pàportī *pàportьju, *pàporťu* *pàportьxъ
vocative *paporti *pàporti *pàporti

* 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

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. (1999) “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
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