Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garros
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Proto-Celtic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly, via an earlier general sense “limb”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰs-r-, from *ǵʰes- (“hand”). Compare Latin hīr (“hand”), Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Albanian dorë (“hand”), Tocharian A tsar, Hittite kissar.
Noun[edit]
*garros m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *garros | *garrou | *garroi |
vocative | *garre | *garrou | *garrūs |
accusative | *garrom | *garrou | *garroms |
genitive | *garrī | *garrous | *garrom |
dative | *garrūi | *garrobom | *garrobos |
locative | *garrei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *garrū | *garrobim | *garrūis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic: *garr
- Old Irish: gairr
- Gaulish: *garrā
- → Vulgar Latin: *garra (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152