Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/burros
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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]Matasović entertains a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”) suffixed with *-rós (Caland adjective suffix).[1] Such a derivation would proceed as *bʰruh₁-rós > *bʰru-rós (Dybo's law shortening) > *bruros > *burros (metathesis).
Adjective
[edit]*burros
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *burros | *burrou | *burroi |
| vocative | *burre | *burrou | *burroi |
| accusative | *burrom | *burrou | *burroms |
| genitive | *burrī | *burrous | *burrom |
| dative | *burrūi | *burrobom | *burrobos |
| instrumental | *burrū | *burrobim | *burrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *burrā | *burrai | *burrās |
| vocative | *burrā | *burrai | *burrās |
| accusative | *burram | *burrai | *burrams |
| genitive | *burrās | *burrous | *burrom |
| dative | *burrai | *burrābom | *burrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *burrābim | *burrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *burrom | *burrou | *burrā |
| vocative | *burrom | *burrou | *burrā |
| accusative | *burrom | *burrou | *burrā |
| genitive | *burrī | *burrous | *burrom |
| dative | *burrūi | *burrobom | *burrobos |
| instrumental | *burrū | *burrobim | *burrobis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*burro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 84