Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kubros

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 Proto-Indo-European *kup-rós, from *kwep-, whence also Latin cupiō (“to wish”), Proto-Slavic *kypěti (“to boil”) and Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati).

Adjective

*kubros

1. desired
2. desiring

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kubros	*kubrou	*kubroi
vocative	*kubre	*kubrou	*kubroi
accusative	*kubrom	*kubrou	*kubroms
genitive	*kubrī	*kubrous	*kubrom
dative	*kubrūi	*kubrobom	*kubrobos
instrumental	*kubrū	*kubrobim	*kubrobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kubrā	*kubrai	*kubrās
vocative	*kubrā	*kubrai	*kubrās
accusative	*kubram	*kubrai	*kubrams
genitive	*kubrās	*kubrous	*kubrom
dative	*kubrai	*kubrābom	*kubrābos
instrumental	*?	*kubrābim	*kubrābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kubrom	*kubrou	*kubrā
vocative	*kubrom	*kubrou	*kubrā
accusative	*kubrom	*kubrou	*kubrā
genitive	*kubrī	*kubrous	*kubrom
dative	*kubrūi	*kubrobom	*kubrobos
instrumental	*kubrū	*kubrobim	*kubrobis

Derived terms

• *ad-kubro-
  • Old Irish: accobar
  • ⇒ Old Irish: ad·cobra
  • →⇒ Latin: Adcobrovatus (from Brittonic)

Descendants

• Old Irish: cobar (compounding element)
• Gaulish: *cobros
  • → Latin: Coura
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobrium
    • Occitan: Cuèbri
      • → French: Cuébris
  • →⇒ Latin: Couria
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobromara
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobrovomarus
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobrovius
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobrovillus
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobronia
  • →⇒ Latin: Cobrici (gen. sg.)

Further reading

• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cobro-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 120