Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāwū
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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 *gʷréh₂wō (“quern, millstone”), from *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).[1]
Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]| Masculine/feminine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *brāwū | *brāwone? | *brāwones |
| vocative | *brāwū | *brāwone? | *brāwones |
| accusative | *brāwonam | *brāwone? | *brāwonams |
| genitive | *brāwonos | *brāwonows? | *brāwonom |
| dative | *brāwonei | *brāwombom | *brāwombos |
| locative | *brāwon(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *brāwonei | *brāwombim | *brāwombis |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *brọw sg, *brọwan pl
- Old Irish: brao, bráu, broo
- Gaulish: *brawon
- → Ancient Greek: Βραῦον (Braûon)
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bró”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
- ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 94
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75