Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸare

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 earlier *ɸari, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂i, from *preh₂- (“before, in front”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *furi (whence English for).

Preposition

*ɸare

1. in front of [with dative]

Derived terms

• *ɸare-

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *ar
  • Middle Breton: ar, er
  • Middle Welsh: ar, er
    • Welsh: ar
• Old Irish: ar
  • Irish: ar (conflated with for and íar)
• Celtiberian: are