Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/barros

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 earlier *barsos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-ó-s, from *bʰers- (“point, top, tip”).

Noun

*barros m[1]

  1. top, point, peak

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *barros *barrou *barroi
vocative *barre *barrou *barroi
accusative *barrom *barrou *barrons
genitive *barrī *barrous *barrom
dative *barrūi *barrobom *barrobos
locative *barrei *? *?
instrumental *barrū *barrobim *barrūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *barr
  • Old Irish: barr
  • ⇒ Gaulish: Cunobarrus
  • ⇒ Primitive Irish: ᚉᚐᚈᚐᚁᚐᚏ (catabar)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*barro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 58
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