Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/amarom

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

Unknown; likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.

Noun

*amarom n[1]

  1. wailing, crying

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *amarom *amarou *amarā
vocative *amarom *amarou *amarā
accusative *amarom *amarou *amarā
genitive *amarī *amarous *amarom
dative *amarūi *amarobom *amarobos
locative *amarei *? *?
instrumental *amarū *amarobim *amarūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aβ̃ar
  • Old Irish: amar

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*amaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
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