Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Φerkunyos

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 *perkʷ-unyo-, ultimately from *perkʷ- (“oak”).[1] Compare Proto-Germanic *fergunją (“mountain, mountain forest”).

Proper noun

*Φerkunyos m[1]

  1. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian Forest, a range of central European forested mountains, extending approximately from the Ardennes or the Black Forest to the Carpathians

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Φerkunyos — —
vocative *Φerkunye — —
accusative *Φerkunyom — —
genitive *Φerkunyī — —
dative *Φerkunyūi — —
locative *Φerkunyei — —
instrumental *Φerkunyū — —

Descendants

  • Gaulish: *Erkunyos
    • → Ancient Greek: Ἀρκύνια (Arkúnia), Ὀρκύνιος (Orkúnios)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷerxt-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
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