Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸerkos

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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 *perḱ- (speckled, coloured).[1]

Adjective

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*ɸerkos

  1. speckled

Inflection

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O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ɸerkos *ɸerkou *ɸerkoi
vocative *ɸerke *ɸerkou *ɸerkoi
accusative *ɸerkom *ɸerkou *ɸerkoms
genitive *ɸerkī *ɸerkous *ɸerkom
dative *ɸerkūi *ɸerkobom *ɸerkobos
instrumental *ɸerkū *ɸerkobim *ɸerkobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *ɸerkā *ɸerkai *ɸerkās
vocative *ɸerkā *ɸerkai *ɸerkās
accusative *ɸerkam *ɸerkai *ɸerkams
genitive *ɸerkās *ɸerkous *ɸerkom
dative *ɸerkai *ɸerkābom *ɸerkābos
instrumental *? *ɸerkābim *ɸerkābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *ɸerkom *ɸerkou *ɸerkā
vocative *ɸerkom *ɸerkou *ɸerkā
accusative *ɸerkom *ɸerkou *ɸerkā
genitive *ɸerkī *ɸerkous *ɸerkom
dative *ɸerkūi *ɸerkobom *ɸerkobos
instrumental *ɸerkū *ɸerkobim *ɸerkobis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *erx
    • Middle Welsh: erch
      • Welsh: (obsolete) erch
  • Primitive Irish: ᚓᚏᚉᚐ (erca)
    • Middle Irish: erc (speckled; speckled animal)
      • Irish: earc (lizard)
      • Scottish Gaelic: earc (speckled animal)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ferko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 128