Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bergā
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Plausibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry”), similar to Latin fur (“thief”), though the *-gā suffix is unusual.
Noun
[edit]*bergā f[1]
Declension
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bergā | *bergai | *bergās |
| vocative | *bergā | *bergai | *bergās |
| accusative | *bergam | *bergai | *bergāms |
| genitive | *bergās | *bergous | *bergom |
| dative | *bergāi | *bergābom | *bergābos |
| locative | *bergai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *bergābim | *bergābis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bergā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62