Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pero
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
- Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognates include Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing, feather”), English feather, Old Armenian թիռ (tʻiṙ, “flight”).
- Per Vasmer and Derksen, related to *pьrati (“to fly”). Cognate with Lithuanian spar̃nas (“wing”), Latvian spā̀rns (“wing”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “wing”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna, “wing”), Old English fearn (“fern”), English fern, Old Irish raith (“fern”). Derksen also includes Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing, feather”), but Vasmer considers the connection less likely. Derksen derives these from Proto-Indo-European *perH- (“to fly”), with a laryngeal assumed on the basis of Baltic and Celtic evidence.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *però | *pèrě | *perà |
| genitive | *perà | *perù | *pèrъ |
| dative | *perù | *peròma | *peròmъ |
| accusative | *però | *pèrě | *perà |
| instrumental | *perъ̀mь, *peròmь* | *peròma | *pèry |
| locative | *perě̀ | *perù | *pèrěxъ |
| vocative | *però | *pèrě | *perà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *pьrati (“to fly”)
Derived terms
- *operenьje (“feathering”)
- *perina (“cushion (made of feathers)”)
- *perušina (“plumage (as material)”)
- *perьnъ (“goosey, exhibiting gooseflesh”)
- *perьnatъ (“feathery”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: перо (pero)
- Bulgarian: перо́ (peró)
- Macedonian: перо (pero)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: perọ̑ (tonal orthography), gen. perẹ̑sa (tonal orthography); péro (tonal orthography), gen. péra (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перо̀”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*però”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396: “n. o (b) ‘feather’”
- ^ Vasmer has pẹ́ro (tonal orthography), gen. pẹ́ra (tonal orthography).