Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/māros
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros (“great”), o-grade from the root *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros, “mighty”), Proto-Germanic *mērijaz (“renowned, famous, great”), Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ, “great”). Unrelated to Romanian mare.[1]
Adjective
[edit]*māros
Inflection
[edit]O/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *māros | *mārou | *māroi |
vocative | *māre | *mārou | *māroi |
accusative | *mārom | *mārou | *māroms |
genitive | *mārī | *mārous | *mārom |
dative | *mārūi | *mārobom | *mārobos |
instrumental | *mārū | *mārobim | *mārobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mārā | *mārai | *mārās |
vocative | *mārā | *mārai | *mārās |
accusative | *māram | *mārai | *mārams |
genitive | *mārās | *mārous | *mārom |
dative | *mārai | *mārābom | *mārābos |
instrumental | *? | *mārābim | *mārābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *mārom | *mārou | *mārā |
vocative | *mārom | *mārou | *mārā |
accusative | *mārom | *mārou | *mārā |
genitive | *mārī | *mārous | *mārom |
dative | *mārūi | *mārobom | *mārobos |
instrumental | *mārū | *mārobim | *mārobis |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- *māyūs (comparative (irregular))
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *mọr
- Old Irish: mór, máar, már, -mar
- Gaulish: maros
- ⇒ Gaulish: Danomaros (personal name)
- Lepontic: 𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌖𐌉 (marui)
Unsorted:
- →? Byzantine Greek: μάραον (máraon, “sweet chestnut”, literally “great one”)
- → Italian: marrone (“chestnut; chestnut-colored”) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*māro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 258