Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-aros

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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]

Probably from *-a- +‎ *-ros,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *-rós.

Suffix[edit]

*-aros m

  1. Forms collective nouns.

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-aros *-arou *-aroi
vocative *-are *-arou *-arūs
accusative *-arom *-arou *-aroms
genitive *-arī *-arous *-arom
dative *-arūi *-arobom *-arobos
locative *-arei *? *?
instrumental *-arū *-arobim *-arūis

Derived terms[edit]

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-aros

Descendants[edit]

  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: -ar
      • Middle Breton: -ar
    • Cornish: -er
    • Middle Welsh: -ar
  • Old Irish: -ar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
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