Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *artǭScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_artǭ
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 10/1)RobertBeekesBrill2010Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003Proto-Indo-European *a10.1163/22125892-00701002TijmenPronkIndo-European Linguistics71122-16320192026-07-29T02:13:22Zhttps://brill.com/view/journals/ieul/7/1/article-p122_4.xmlISSN: 2212-5884, 2212-5892Characteristics of Lexemes of a Substratum Origin in Proto-GermanicAljošaŠorgoRomain GarnierLoanwords and substrata: proceedings of the colloquium held in Limoges, 5th-7th June 2018InnsbruckInstitut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck427-722020Language of the bird names and the pre-Indo-European substratumRankoMatasovićRomain GarnierLoanwords and Substrata: Proceedings of the Colloquium Held in Limoges, 5th–7th June 2018InnsbruckInstitut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck331–3442020eartepied wagtailartateal, garganeyἐρῳδιόςheronardeaheronἀρῳδιόςheronῥῳδιόςheron
nounfeminineōn-stema waterside bird, perhaps a wagtail or a small duck such as a teal or garganeyUncertain; probably a European substrate bird name rather than a securely inherited Proto-Indo-European formation. The Germanic evidence does not permit a precise species reconstruction: Old English earte contrasts with Old Norse artaKroonen 2013: 36Matasović 2020: 339. Compare Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός, with variants ἐρῳδιός, ἀρῳδιός, and ῥῳδιός, and Latin ardea; the irregular variation within Greek and between the languages has been taken to point to a pre-Greek or wider European substrate word. Beekes 2010: 468–69Pronk 2019: 154–55Šorgo 2020: 433–34. Orel's proposed connection with *artijaną is possible within Germanic but semantically weak and remains unsubstantiated Orel 2003: s.v. *artōn.