Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bardos
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o- (“praise-maker”), from *gʷerH- (“to approve, praise”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, make”), with a loss of the laryngeal in *gʷerH-.[1]
Noun
[edit]*bardos m
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bardos | *bardou | *bardoi |
| vocative | *barde | *bardou | *bardoi |
| accusative | *bardom | *bardou | *bardons |
| genitive | *bardī | *bardous | *bardom |
| dative | *bardūi | *bardobom | *bardobos |
| locative | *bardei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *bardū | *bardobim | *bardūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *barð
- Old Irish: bard
- Galatian: βαρδοί (bardoí) (plural)
- → Latin: bardus
- Italian: bardo
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 56-7
