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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷréh₂wō

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) +‎ *-ō

Noun

*gʷréh₂wō m [1][2][3][4]

  1. quern, mill-stone

Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *gʷréh₂wō
genitive *gʷr̥h₂unés
singular dual plural
nominative *gʷréh₂wō *gʷréh₂wonh₁(e) *gʷréh₂wones
vocative *gʷréh₂won *gʷréh₂wonh₁(e) *gʷréh₂wones
accusative *gʷréh₂wonm̥ *gʷréh₂wonh₁(e) *gʷréh₂wonm̥s
genitive *gʷr̥h₂unés *? *gʷr̥h₂unóHom
ablative *gʷr̥h₂unés *? *gʷr̥h₂wn̥mós
dative *gʷr̥h₂unéy *? *gʷr̥h₂wn̥mós
locative *gʷr̥h₂wén, *gʷr̥h₂wéni *? *gʷr̥h₂wn̥sú
instrumental *gʷr̥h₂unéh₁ *? *gʷr̥h₂wn̥bʰí

Derived terms
  • *gʷérh₂nu-s ~ *gʷr̥h₂nw-és[5] (< metathesized *gʷérh₂un-s ~ *gʷr̥h₂un-és)

Descendants
  • Celtic: *brawon[6][4]
    • Brythonic: [Term?]
      • Middle Breton: brou, breau, breo
      • Old Cornish: brou
      • Middle Welsh: breuan
      • → Latin: Brovonacis, Braboniaco
    • Old Irish: bráu, brao, bró
      • Middle Irish: bró
    • Gaulish: *brawon
      • → Ancient Greek: Βραῦον (Braûon)
  • Indo-Iranian: *grā́wā

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gu̯er-, gu̯erə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 476-477
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *bruwo-–82
  4. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 122-123
  5. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwernu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 318
  6. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *brawon-–75
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