Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/grāwā

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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 *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (to grind). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *greutą (grit), Old Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, groats of wheat), Lithuanian grū́das (grain), Latvian grauds (grain), Russian гру́да (grúda, heap).

Noun[edit]

*grāwā f[1]

  1. gravel, pebbles

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *grāwā *grāwai *grāwās
vocative *grāwā *grāwai *grāwās
accusative *grāwam *grāwai *grāwāms
genitive *grāwās *grāwous *grāwom
dative *grāwāi *grāwābom *grāwābos
locative *grāwai *? *?
instrumental *? *grāwābim *grāwābis

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 167