Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karros

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 *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

Noun

*karros m

1. wagon

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*karros	*karrou	*karroi
vocative	*karre	*karrou	*karroi
accusative	*karrom	*karrou	*karroms
genitive	*karrī	*karrous	*karrom
dative	*karrūi	*karrobom	*karrobos
locative	*karrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*karrū	*karrobim	*karrūis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *karr
  • Old Breton: carr
    • Middle Breton: carr
      • Breton: karr
  • Cornish: karr
  • Middle Welsh: carr
    • Welsh: car
• Old Irish: carr
• Gaulish: karró-, *karros
  • → Latin: carrus, carra (see there for further descendants)