Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/groudos
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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 has attempted to compare this word to Old English grēada (“breast, lap”) and Proto-Slavic *grǫdь (“breast”), but he admits that the semantic difference to those is quite awkward.[1]
Noun
[edit]*groudos n
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter s-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *groudos | *groudese? | *groudesa |
| vocative | *groudos | *groudese? | *groudesa |
| accusative | *groudos | *groudese? | *groudesa |
| genitive | *groudesos | *groudesous? | *groudesom |
| dative | *groudesē | *groudesbom | *groudesbos |
| locative | *groudesi | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *groudesē | *groudesbim | *groudesbis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*growdos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168