Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸrikā

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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥keh₂ (furrow), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (to dig). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *furhs (furrow), Latin porca (ridge, balk), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (ditch), and Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, chasm).

Noun[edit]

*ɸrikā f[1][2]

  1. furrow

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸrikā *ɸrikai *ɸrikās
vocative *ɸrikā *ɸrikai *ɸrikās
accusative *ɸrikam *ɸrikai *ɸrikāms
genitive *ɸrikās *ɸrikous *ɸrikom
dative *ɸrikāi *ɸrikābom *ɸrikābos
locative *ɸrikai *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸrikābim *ɸrikābis

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*frikā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 140/141
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*φrik(k)o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 138
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “rica”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 257