Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bergus
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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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-u-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-éws,[1] from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high, elevated”).
Adjective
[edit]*bergus
Inflection
[edit]| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bergus | *bergū | *bergowes |
| vocative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergūs |
| accusative | *bergum | *bergū | *berguns |
| genitive | *bergous | *bergous | *bergowom |
| dative | *bergou | *bergubom | *bergubos |
| instrumental | *bergū | *bergubim | *bergubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bergus | *bergū | *bergowes |
| vocative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergūs |
| accusative | *bergum | *bergū | *berguns |
| genitive | *bergous | *bergous | *bergowom |
| dative | *bergou | *bergubom | *bergubos |
| instrumental | *bergū | *bergubim | *bergubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergwā |
| vocative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergwā |
| accusative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergwā |
| genitive | *bergous | *bergous | *bergowom |
| dative | *bergou | *bergubom | *bergubos |
| instrumental | *bergū | *bergubim | *bergubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Gaulish: *bergisamos, *bergimos (superlative forms[2])
- ⇒ Celtiberian: berkuakum (gen. pl. m.) (suffixed with *-ākos)
References
[edit]- ^ Martínez-Chico, David; Prósper, Blanca María (2021), “A new Celtiberian tessera in the Latin alphabet from Virovesca (Briviesca, Burgos) and the typology of tesserae hospitales”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 68, number 1, , →ISSN, page 187 of 167–196
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2018), “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, , pages 108–138