Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/garnō

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *ǵʰorneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“intestines”) or *ǵʰern-. Probably cognate with Latin hernia, Lithuanian žarna and Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “guts, string made of gut”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑr.nɔː/

Noun

*garnō f

  1. (North Germanic) intestines, gut

Inflection

Declension of *garnō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *garnō *garnôz
vocative *garnō *garnôz
accusative *garnǭ *garnōz
genitive *garnōz *garnǫ̂
dative *garnōi *garnōmaz
instrumental *garnō *garnōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Norse: gǫrn
    • Faroese: gørn
    • Icelandic: görn

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1643-4
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