farnus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”). Compare Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá, “Himalayan birch”) (Betula utilis), English birch and Latin fraxinus (“ash tree”)[1].

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfar.nus/, [ˈfar.nʊs]

Noun

farnus f (genitive farnī); second declension

kind of oak

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	farnus	farnī
Genitive	farnī	farnōrum
Dative	farnō	farnīs
Accusative	farnum	farnōs
Ablative	farnō	farnīs
Vocative	farne	farnī

Descendants

Italian: farnia

References

farnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
farnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bherəɡ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 138-139

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