Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garyos

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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 *ǵeh₂r- (to call, cry).

Noun[edit]

*garyos m[1]

  1. word
  2. command

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *garyos *garyou *garyoi
vocative *garye *garyou *garyūs
accusative *garyom *garyou *garyoms
genitive *garyī *garyous *garyom
dative *garyūi *garyobom *garyobos
locative *garyei *? *?
instrumental *garyū *garyobim *garyūis

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gėr
    • Middle Breton: guer
    • Cornish: ger
    • Middle Welsh: geir
  • Old Irish: gair
  • Gaulish: adgarion (acc.sg.)[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*gāri-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 54:adgarion