Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pnew-

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

Etymology

Perhaps imitative or related to *plew-.

Root

*pnew-[1]

to pant, breathe

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pnew-

*pnéw-e-ti (root present)[1]
- Proto-Hellenic: *pnéwō
  - Ancient Greek: πνέω (pnéō)
    - Epic Greek: πνείω (pneíō)
*pnḗw-s-t ~ *pnéw-s-n̥t (s-aorist)[1]
- Proto-Hellenic: *pnḗwhe
  - Ancient Greek: ἔπνευσε (épneuse)
*pnéw-s- (extended root present)[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *fneusaną
- *pnus-néh₂-[3]
  - Proto-Germanic: *fnuz(z)ōną (alternatively an iterative of *fneusaną)
    - Middle High German: pfnurren
    - Icelandic: hnerra
*pnéw-mn̥
Unsorted formations:
- Albanian:
  - >? Proto-Albanian: *pnewa
    - Albanian: *pnyj > *fnyj
      - Albanian: fryj
- Proto-Iranian: *pnâw- (“breathe; air; swell”)
  - Classical Persian: پناد‎ (panâd, “air”)
  - Old Azari: پندن‎ (pandan, “to swell”)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs]‎ (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 489
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fneusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fnuz(z)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 838-39
Watkins, Calvert (1985), “pneu-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs]‎ (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 489

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fneusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fnuz(z)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 150