Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸrobert-
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Stifter resorts to a derivation from effectively *ɸro- (“before”) + *bereti (“to carry”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*ɸrobert- gender unattested
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Reconstructing a single form to account for all Celtic reflexes is impossible, due to Welsh having two contradictory and coexisting forms rhyferthi and rhyferthwy.
- Old Irish robartae f can come from either *ɸrobertiyā, *ɸrobertesā, or *ɸrobertowyā.
- Middle Welsh rhyferthi and Breton reverzhi can only come from *ɸrobertesā.
- Welsh rhyferthwy is best taken as reflecting *ɸrobertowyos.
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: rebirthi
- Middle Welsh: rhyferthi, rhyferthwy
- Welsh: rhyferthwy
- Old Irish: robartae
References
[edit]- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, pages 172-192