Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/warnás

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 1

From earlier *warwás, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wor-wos (“black”), from *wer- (“to burn”). By surface analysis, *warwás +‎ *-nas.

Adjective

*warnás[1]

  1. black
Descendants
  • Proto-Slavic: *vȏrnъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ EDSIL, page 528‒529: “*vȏrnъ II”, “BSl. *worwos”

Further reading

  • RES, vol. 8, page 259: “вороно́й”

Etymology 2

From an adjective *warnás < *warwás (“black”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), the same source as *wárˀnāˀ (“crow”). Cognate with Tocharian B wrauña (“crow”), possibly Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow, raven”).

Alternative forms

  • *warnjás

Noun

*warnás m[1][2][3][4]

  1. raven
Declension
Declension of *warnás (o-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *warnás *wárnōˀ *warnái(ˀ)
Accusative *wárnan *wárnōˀ *wárnō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *wárnā *warnā́u(ˀ) *warnṓn
Locative *wárnai *warnā́u(ˀ) *warnáišu
Dative *wárnōi *warnámā(ˀ) *warnámas
Instrumental *wárnōˀ *warnámāˀ *warnṓis
Vocative *wárne *wárnōˀ *warnái(ˀ)
Derived terms
nouns
nouns
Descendants

From *warnjás:

  • West Baltic:

References

  1. ^ EDBIL, page 491: “varnas”, “BSl. *worwos >> *wornos”, “PSl. *vȏrnъ”
  2. ^ EDSIL, page 528: “*vȏrnъ I”, “BSl. *worwos”, “PIE *uor-uo-”
  3. ^ BSW, page 343: “u̯arna-”
  4. ^ Jasanoff (2011), “*u̯orno̍s”

Further reading

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