Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beruros
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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]Traditionally taken as a derivative of *berus (“spring, source of water”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).[1][2]
Stifter, believing that Classical Gaelic bior was a fanciful neologism back-formed from other words like inber (“river mouth”), instead prefers a direct derivation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₁wr̥ (“spring, source”), more specifically a vṛddhi derivative.[3]
Noun
[edit]*beruros m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *beruros | *berurou | *beruroi |
| vocative | *berure | *berurou | *berurūs |
| accusative | *berurom | *berurou | *beruroms |
| genitive | *berurī | *berurous | *berurom |
| dative | *berurūi | *berurobom | *berurobos |
| locative | *berurei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *berurū | *berurobim | *berurūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *berur
- Old Irish: birar
- Gaulish: *berulā
- → Spanish: (from a Celtiberian or Gaulish source) berro, berraza
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*beruro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “berura, berula”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 73
- ^ Stifter, David (2005) “Zur Bedeutung und Etymologie von Irisch sirem”, in Die Sprache (in German), volume 45, page 164