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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keh₂n-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*keh₂n-

  1. to sing

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂n-‎ (19 c, 0 e)
  • *kh₂n-é-ti ~ kh₂n-ó-nti (tudati-type thematic present)
    • Proto-Celtic: *kaneti[3] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *kanō (see there for further descendants)
  • *kéh₂n-mn̥ (“song”)
    • Proto-Italic: *kanmen
      • Latin: carmen (with dissimilation) (see there for further descendants)
  • *ke-koh₂n- (“stork”)[4]
    • Proto-Italic: *kikōniā
      • Latin: cicōnia (see there for further descendants)
  • *kéh₂n-tlom
    • Proto-Celtic: *kantlom (“song”)[5] (see there for further descendants)
    • Lithuanian: kanklės (“string musical instrument”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *kaňa (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *hanô (“rooster”), *hanjō (“hen”), *hōnaz (“fowl”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
      • Proto-Iranian: *kanati
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
        • Sanskrit: कणति (kaṇati)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *kene (“melody, tune”)[6] (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 342-43
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kan-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
  4. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525
  5. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kantlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
  6. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kene”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 206

Further reading
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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