Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tarwos

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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

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Tarvos Trigaranus

Etymology

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From an early form *tawros, with metathesis of -wr- to -rw-; from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (wild bull, aurochs).

Noun

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*tarwos m[1]

  1. bull

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tarwos *tarwou *tarwoi
vocative *tarwe *tarwou *tarwoi
accusative *tarwom *tarwou *tarwoms
genitive *tarwī *tarwous *tarwom
dative *tarwūi *tarwobom *tarwobos
locative *tarwei *? *?
instrumental *tarwū *tarwobim *tarwūis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 371