Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keh₂n-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *kh₂en-
• *kan-, *ḱan-

Root

*keh₂n-

1. to sing

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂n- (21 c, 0 e)

• *kh₂n-é-ti ~ kh₂n-ó-nti (tudati-type thematic present)
  • Proto-Celtic: *kaneti (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *kanō (see there for further descendants)
• *kéh₂n-mn̥ (“song”)
  • Proto-Italic: *kanmen
    • Latin: carmen (with dissimilation) (see there for further descendants)
• *ke-koh₂n- (“stork”)
  • Proto-Italic: *kikōniā
    • Latin: cicōnia (see there for further descendants)
• *kéh₂n-tlom
  • Proto-Celtic: *kantlom (“song”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lithuanian: kanklės (“string musical instrument”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *kaňa (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *hanô (“rooster”), *hanjō (“hen”), *hōnaz (“fowl”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: καναχέω (kanakhéō), καναχή (kanakhḗ), ἠικανός (ēikanós)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
    • Proto-Iranian: *kanati
      • Northern Kurdish: xwendin
      • Persian: خواندن (xândan)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
      • Sanskrit: कणति (kaṇati)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *kene (“melody, tune”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN