Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/webrus
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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]No etymology assigned by Delamarre nor the GPC.
Stifter posits a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus with an assumed base meaning "light brown" and dissimilation of the initial consonant.[1] However, that word generally means "beaver" elsewhere in Indo-European and the meaning "beaver" also appears in Celtic as *bibrus.
Noun
[edit]*webrus gender unattested[2][3][4]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *webrus | *webrū | *webrowes |
| vocative | *webru | *webrū | *webrūs |
| accusative | *webrum | *webrū | *webrums |
| genitive | *webrous | *webrous | *webrowom |
| dative | *webrou | *webrubom | *webrubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *webrū | *webrubim | *webrubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *gweβr
- Gaulish: *uebrus
- → Latin: Vebrus, Vebrullus
- ⇒ Gaulish: Ουηβρουμαρος
References
[edit]- ^ Stifter, David (2019 September 18) “An apple a day ...”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 124, number 1, pages 172-218
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uebru-”, 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 309
- ^ John Koch, editor (2006), “Proto-Celtic industries (technologies and techniques)”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1467
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwefr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies