Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸorēdos

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 *uɸo- (“under”) +‎ *rēdos (“ride, chariot”), the latter from *rēdeti (“to ride, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to ride, move”). Related to Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”) (whence English ride).

Noun

*uɸorēdos m

1. horse

   Synonyms: *ekʷos, *kaballos, *markos

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸorēdos	*uɸorēdou	*uɸorēdoi
vocative	*uɸorēde	*uɸorēdou	*uɸorēdūs
accusative	*uɸorēdom	*uɸorēdou	*uɸorēdoms
genitive	*uɸorēdī	*uɸorēdous	*uɸorēdom
dative	*uɸorēdūi	*uɸorēdobom	*uɸorēdobos
locative	*uɸorēdei	*?	*?
instrumental	*uɸorēdū	*uɸorēdobim	*uɸorēdūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gworuɨð
  • Middle Welsh: gorwyð
    • Welsh: gorwydd
• Gaulish: *werēdos
  • → Late Latin: verēdus; ⇒ paraverēdus (see there for further descendants)
• Hispano-Celtic:
  • →? Galician: verea (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)
  • →? Portuguese: vereda (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)
  • →? Spanish: vereda (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufo-rēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 398