Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wern-

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

Noun

*wern-

1. a kind of tree, perhaps alder

   Synonym: *h₂élis-

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *werna
  • Albanian: verr
• Proto-Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: գերան (geran)
    • Armenian: գերան (geran)
      • → Northern Kurdish: kêran
      • → Turkish: keran
• Proto-Celtic: *wernā (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: वरण (varaṇa, “sacred garlic pear, Crateva roxburghii?”)

References

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158