Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dubrokū

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 *dubros (“water”) +‎ *kū (“dog”).

Noun

*dubrokū m

1. otter

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dubrokū	*dubrokone	*dubrokones
vocative	*dubrokū	*dubrokone	*dubrokones
accusative	*dubrokonam	*dubrokone	*dubrokonans
genitive	*dubrokunos	*dubrokunou	*dubrokunom
dative	*dubrokunei	*dubrokunobom	*dubrokunobos
locative	*dubrokuni	—	—
instrumental	*dubrokune?	*dubrokunobim	*dubrokunobis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *düβrgi
  • Breton: dourgi
  • Old Cornish: doferghi
    • Cornish: dowrgi
  • Welsh: dyfrgi, dwrgi
• Old Irish: doburchú
  • Irish: dobharchú
  • Scottish Gaelic: dobhar-chù
  • Manx: dooarchoo

References

• University of Wales Proto-Celtic Wordlist