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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-aros

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

Probably from *-a- +‎ *-ros,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *-rós.

Suffix

*-aros m

  1. Forms collective nouns.

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-aros *-arou *-aroi
vocative *-are *-arou *-arūs
accusative *-arom *-arou *-aroms
genitive *-arī *-arous *-arom
dative *-arūi *-arobom *-arobos
locative *-arei *? *?
instrumental *-arū *-arobim *-arūis

Derived terms
Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-aros

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: -ar
      • Middle Breton: -ar
    • Cornish: -er
    • Middle Welsh: -ar
  • Old Irish: -ar

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
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