Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tworkos

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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 *tworḱ-ó-s, from *twerḱ- (to cut) +‎ *-ós (agent suffix), literally cutter.[1]

Noun[edit]

*tworkos m

  1. boar

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tworkos *tworkou *tworkoi
vocative *tworke *tworkou *tworkūs
accusative *tworkom *tworkou *tworkoms
genitive *tworkī *tworkous *tworkom
dative *tworkūi *tworkobom *tworkobos
locative *tworkei *? *?
instrumental *tworkū *tworkobim *tworkūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: torc

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tworko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395