Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wroikos
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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
Unknown, possibly from a non-Indo-European source. Cognates include Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vìržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”), Proto-Slavic *vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ) and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).[1][2][3][4] It is sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to twist, turn”).[5][6]
Noun
*wroikos m
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wroikos | *wroikou | *wroikoi |
| vocative | *wroike | *wroikou | *wroikūs |
| accusative | *wroikom | *wroikou | *wroikoms |
| genitive | *wroikī | *wroikous | *wroikom |
| dative | *wroikūi | *wroikobom | *wroikobos |
| locative | *wroikei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wroikū | *wroikobim | *wroikūis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *gwrʉg
- Old Irish: froích, fróech
- Celtiberian: *broikios
- Gaulish: *brūcaria
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- Gaulish: *brūcos
- → Vulgar Latin *brūcus (“heather”)
- Lombard: brugh
- → Vulgar Latin *brūcus (“heather”)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 516
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
- ^ Template:R:ine:Roberts
- ^ Watkins, Calvert (1985) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt