From an adjective *warnás or *warwás (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), the same source as *wárˀnāˀ (“crow”). See also Hittite 𒉿𒊏 (wa-ra).[1]
*warnás m[2][3][4]
- raven
| Declension of *warnás (o-stem, mobile accent)
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*warnás
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*wárnōˀ
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*warnái(ˀ)
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| Accusative
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*wárnan
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*wárnōˀ
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*wárnō(ˀ)ns
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| Genitive
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*wárnā
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*warnā́u(ˀ)
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*warnṓn
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| Locative
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*wárnai
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*warnā́u(ˀ)
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*warnáišu
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| Dative
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*wárnōi
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*warnámā(ˀ)
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*warnámas
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| Instrumental
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*wárnōˀ
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*warnámāˀ
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*warnṓis
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*wárne
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*wárnōˀ
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*warnái(ˀ)
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- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *vȏrnъ (see there for further descendants)
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1166”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1166
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȏrnъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 528: “BSl. *worwos”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “varnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491: “BSL *worwos >> *wornos”
- ^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
