Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/daru

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*daru n

oak

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*daru	*darū	*darwā
vocative	*daru	*darū	*darwā
accusative	*daru	*darū	*darwā
genitive	*darous	*darous	*darowom
dative	*darou	*darubom	*darubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*darū	*darubim	*darubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *dar
- Old Breton: dar
  - Breton: dar
- Old Cornish: dar
  - Cornish: dar
- Middle Welsh: dar
  - Welsh: dâr
Old Irish: dair, daur (early)
- Irish: dair
- Manx: darragh
- Scottish Gaelic: darach
Gaulish:
- →? Ancient Greek: λάριξ (lárix)
  - → Latin: larix (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “*daru-”, 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 91: “*drw-os”
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “*daru-”, 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 91: “*drw-os”

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

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