Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wárˀnāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wornéh₂, from *wer- (“to burn, be black”), with accent retraction due to Hirt's law. Jasanoff reconstructs *wṓrneh₂ (“belonging to raven, (female) raven-like bird”) as a vṛddhi derivative of *wornós (“raven”) and explains the acute first syllable as regularly resulting from the long vṛddhi vowel.[1]

Noun

*wárˀnāˀ f[2][3][4]

  1. crow

Inflection

Declension of *wárˀnāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *wárˀnāˀ *wárˀnāiˀ *wárˀnās
Accusative *wárˀnā(ˀ)n *wárˀnāiˀ *wárˀnā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *wárˀnā(ˀ)s *wárˀnāu(ˀ) *wárˀnōn
Locative *wárˀnāiˀ *wárˀnāu(ˀ) *wárˀnā(ˀ)su
Dative *wárˀnāi *wárˀnā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *wárˀnā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *wárˀnāˀn *wárˀnā(ˀ)māˀ *wárˀnā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *wárˀna *wárˀnāiˀ *wárˀnās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: vuorna
    • Latvian: vãrna
    • Lithuanian: várna
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *vòrna (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Jay Jasanoff (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent, BRILL, →ISBN, §3.2.2, page 79
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vòrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “BSl. *wórʔnaʔ”
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “varna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490: “BSL *wórʔnaʔ”
  4. ^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
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