Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabros
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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 *kápros (“male hooved animal”).
The change from p to b is phonologically regular in Proto-Celtic in this position, but the change from k to g is unexpected. There may have been conflation with the *gʰayd- that underlies Proto-Germanic *gaits and Latin haedus, as this would have given *gaid- in Proto-Celtic. However, there is no evidence for *gaid- itself in Celtic.[1]
Noun
[edit]*gabros m
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gabros | *gabrou | *gabroi |
| vocative | *gabre | *gabrou | *gabroi |
| accusative | *gabrom | *gabrou | *gabrons |
| genitive | *gabrī | *gabrous | *gabrom |
| dative | *gabrūi | *gabrobom | *gabrobos |
| locative | *gabrei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *gabrū | *gabrobim | *gabrūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *gaβr
- Gaulish: Gabrus, *Gabromagos
- Old Irish: gabor
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 148