Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gurmos

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

Unknown; presumably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate source since there are no cognates outside Celtic.

Adjective

*gurmos

1. dun, dark, blue

Inflection

O/ā-stem

masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gurmos	*gurmou	*gurmoi
vocative	*gurme	*gurmou	*gurmoi
accusative	*gurmom	*gurmou	*gurmons
genitive	*gurmī	*gurmous	*gurmom
dative	*gurmūi	*gurmobom	*gurmobos
instrumental	*gurmū	*gurmobim	*gurmobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gurmā	*gurmai	*gurmās
vocative	*gurmā	*gurmai	*gurmās
accusative	*gurmam	*gurmai	*gurmans
genitive	*gurmās	*gurmous	*gurmom
dative	*gurmai	*gurmābom	*gurmābos
instrumental	*?	*gurmābim	*gurmābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gurmom	*gurmou	*gurmā
vocative	*gurmom	*gurmou	*gurmā
accusative	*gurmom	*gurmou	*gurmā
genitive	*gurmī	*gurmous	*gurmom
dative	*gurmūi	*gurmobom	*gurmobos
instrumental	*gurmū	*gurmobim	*gurmobis

Declension of the comparative

masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gurmyūs	*?	*gurmyoses
vocative	*gurmyūs	*?	*gurmyoses
accusative	*gurmyosam	*?	*gurmyosans
genitive	*gurmisos	*?	*gurmisom
dative	*gurmisei	*?	*gurmisbos
instrumental	*gurmisī	*?	*gurmisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gurmyūs	*?	*gurmyoses
vocative	*gurmyūs	*?	*gurmyoses
accusative	*gurmyosam	*?	*gurmyosans
genitive	*gurmisos	*?	*gurmisom
dative	*gurmisei	*?	*gurmisbos
instrumental	*gurmisī	*?	*gurmisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gurmis	*?	*?
vocative	*gurmis	*?	*?
accusative	*gurmis	*?	*?
genitive	*gurmisos	*?	*gurmisom
dative	*gurmisei	*?	*gurmisbos
instrumental	*gurmisī	*?	*gurmisbis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *gurm
  • Old Breton: Uurm-haelon (literally “with dark brows”)
  • Cornish: gorm
  • Welsh: gwrm
• Middle Irish: gorm
  • Irish: gorm
  • Manx: gorrym
  • Scottish Gaelic: gorm

See also

Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)

*bānos, *loukos, *windos	*ɸleitos, *blāros	*dubus
*roudos; *dergos	*dusnos	*blāwos, *melinos
	*glastos
		*gurmos