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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bardos

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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 *gʷerH-dʰh₁o- (praise-maker), from *gʷerH- (to approve, praise) +‎ *dʰeh₁- (to do, make), with a loss of the laryngeal in *gʷerH-.[1]

    Noun

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    *bardos m

    1. poet, bard

    Inflection

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    Masculine o-stem
    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

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    • Proto-Brythonic: *barð
      • Middle Breton: barz
      • Old Cornish: barth
      • Middle Welsh: barð
    • Old Irish: bard
    • Galatian: βαρδοί (bardoí) (plural)
    • Latin: bardus

    References

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    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 56-7