Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wiros

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Noun

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*wiros m

  1. man
  2. husband

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wiros *wirou *wiroi
vocative *wire *wirou *wiroi
accusative *wirom *wirou *wiroms
genitive *wirī *wirous *wirom
dative *wirūi *wirobom *wirobos
locative *wirei *? *?
instrumental *wirū *wirobim *wirūis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Brythonic: *gwur
    • Middle Breton: *gur
    • Old Cornish: uir
    • Old Welsh: gur
  • Primitive Irish: *ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ (*viras)
  • Gaulish: *wiros
  • Celtiberian: [Term?] (UIROS)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423