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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷer(H)-u- (“spit”). Cognate of Proto-Italic *gʷeru (“spit”) (whence Latin verū (“spit”), Umbrian 𐌁𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌀 (berva, acc.pl.), 𐌁𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌔 (berus, “sacrificial instrument”, abl.pl.)).[1][2]

Noun

*beru n[1]

  1. (cooking) spit

Declension

Template:cel-pro-decl-noun-u-n

Descendants

  • Old Irish: bir, biur (“spear, spit”)
  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: ber
      • Breton: ber (“spear, spit”)
    • Old Cornish: ber (“spit”)
      • Cornish: ber (“spear, spit”)
    • Middle Welsh: ber (“spear, spit”)
      • Welsh: ber (“spear, spit”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “veru, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 668
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