Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/barros
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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]From earlier *barsos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-ó-s, from *bʰers- (“point, top, tip”).
Noun
[edit]*barros m[1]
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *barros | *barrou | *barroi |
| vocative | *barre | *barrou | *barroi |
| accusative | *barrom | *barrou | *barrons |
| genitive | *barrī | *barrous | *barrom |
| dative | *barrūi | *barrobom | *barrobos |
| locative | *barrei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *barrū | *barrobim | *barrūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *barr
- Old Irish: barr
- ⇒ Gaulish: Cunobarrus
- ⇒ Primitive Irish: ᚉᚐᚈᚐᚁᚐᚏ (catabar)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*barro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 58