Cognate Set 8488 – Meaning: mouth
- IE-CoR reference form:
- ?*bʰerH-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Proto-Indo-European
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Traditionally Lithuanian burnà 'mouth' and Armenian beran 'mouth' have been connected etymologically (cf. {ref {Hübschmann 1897}:429, Olsen 1999:297, ALEW 152, Derksen 2015:106). Although this etymology is accepted, further morphological analysis and the isolation of an IE root remains unclear; further connections have been postulated to derive an n-stem noun from the same root underlying Lat. forō, -āre 'bore' OHG borōn 'bore', from PIE *bʰerH- 'work with a sharp tool' (LIV² 80), but these connections are not fully clear (cf. ALEW). However, if with Derksen 2015:106), who notes that if the Slovak perna 'lip' belongs with the Baltic forms, then the usually reconstruction to a root *bʰrH- is in doubt. As ALEW, Derksen 2015, and Olsen 1999 are in agreement about the cognacy, it has been accepted for this class, although the precise IE root etymology is in question. NB: Arm. beran 'mouth' is not discussed in [Martirosyan 2010.]
- Found in clades:
- Armenian, Baltic
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 4 lexemes.
- References
- Derksen, Rick: 106
S.v. Lith. burnà 'mouth, face' (Latv. pur̂ns 'snout'), cf. Proto-Slavic *bъrna 'snout' (Sloven. bŕna 'carnival mask depicting an animal'; Bulg. bắrna (dial.) 'lip', Maced. brna 'nose ring (of animals)', IE beran 'mouth'. The root can be reconstructed as a zero-grade *bʰrH-, which may be identical with Lat. forāre, OHG borōn 'perforate'. The inital p- of Latv. pur̂ns 'snout' is usually attributed to a Finnic substratum. If, however, Slovak perna 'lip' is connected to the Baltic words, then the Indo-European reconstruction is in doubt.
- Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 152
S.v. OLith. burnà 'Mund, Maul' (BSl. Latv. pur̂ns, pur̃ns, pur̂na 'Schnauze, Rüssel', Bulg. bъ́rna, bъ́rla 'Lippe', Sloven. brnẹ́ti, ím 'summen, brummen', IE cf. Arm beran, G.sg. beroy', OIr. bern 'Lücke, Öffnung, Kluft'). The Latvian forms with voiceless p- is attributed to influence from pur̃slas, pur̂slas 'Schauze, Maul'. The Balto-Slavic forms appear to reflect a zero-grade, while Armenian beran a full-grade. The vocalism of the Celtic word is difficult to determine. Since PIE roots cannot end in two resonants, the nasal in Lith. burnà and its extra-Baltic correspondences is of suffixal origin. Consequently attempts at further connections are made in the literature to, for example, Lat. forō, -āre 'bohren', OHG borōn, OS boron 'bohren'.
- Hübschmann, H.: 429
S.v. բերան beran 'Mund', connected with Lith. burnà 'Mund', OIr. bern 'Kluft'.
- Olsen, Birgit Anette: 297
"Beran […] 'mouth' (IEW 134, Solta 291f) is etymologically connected with Lith. burnà 'mouth', OChSl. bъrna 'lip', MIrish bern 'fissure', all derived from the root *bʰer- 'cleave' by a suffix containing *-n-. The BSl. forms point to a proto-form *bʰrnáh₂ which could be explained as a secondary derivative of a *-men- stem with a zero grade in the root and selection of *-no- (*-nah₂-) after a root containing a labial. Beran, -oy, on the other hand, immediately seems to reflect *bʰern̥no- with suffixal *-n̥no-, a possible variant of *-m̥no-, also found after roots involving a labial element"
- Scarborough, Matthew:
Traditionally Lith. burnà 'mouth' and Arm. beran 'mouth' have been connected etymologically (cf.
