Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swerwos

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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 *swer- (ache).

Adjective[edit]

*swerwos

  1. bitter

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *swerwos *swerwou *swerwoi
vocative *swerwe *swerwou *swerwoi
accusative *swerwom *swerwou *swerwoms
genitive *swerwī *swerwous *swerwom
dative *swerwūi *swerwobom *swerwobos
instrumental *swerwū *swerwobim *swerwobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *swerwā *swerwai *swerwās
vocative *swerwā *swerwai *swerwās
accusative *swerwam *swerwai *swerwams
genitive *swerwās *swerwous *swerwom
dative *swerwai *swerwābom *swerwābos
instrumental *? *swerwābim *swerwābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *swerwom *swerwou *swerwā
vocative *swerwom *swerwou *swerwā
accusative *swerwom *swerwou *swerwā
genitive *swerwī *swerwous *swerwom
dative *swerwūi *swerwobom *swerwobos
instrumental *swerwū *swerwobim *swerwobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hwerw
  • Old Irish: serb

References[edit]

  • Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović's Etymological Dictionary of. Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)
  • University of Wales Proto-Celtic Wordlist