Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bergus
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰ-u-s ~ *bʰr̥ǵʰ-éws,[1] from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“high, elevated”).
Adjective
*bergus
Inflection
| U-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bergus | *bergū | *bergowes |
| vocative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergūs |
| accusative | *bergum | *bergū | *berguns |
| genitive | *bergous | *bergous | *bergowom |
| dative | *bergou | *bergubom | *bergubos |
| instrumental | *bergū | *bergubim | *bergubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bergus | *bergū | *bergowes |
| vocative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergūs |
| accusative | *bergum | *bergū | *berguns |
| genitive | *bergous | *bergous | *bergowom |
| dative | *bergou | *bergubom | *bergubos |
| instrumental | *bergū | *bergubim | *bergubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergwā |
| vocative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergwā |
| accusative | *bergu | *bergū | *bergwā |
| genitive | *bergous | *bergous | *bergowom |
| dative | *bergou | *bergubom | *bergubos |
| instrumental | *bergū | *bergubim | *bergubis |
Descendants
- Gaulish: *bergisamos, *bergimos (superlative forms[2])
- → Latin: Bergimus (divine and personal name), Berisamus (place name)
- ⇒ Celtiberian: berkuakum (gen. pl. m.) (suffixed with *-ākos)
References
- ^ Martínez-Chico, David, Prósper, Blanca María (2021) “A new Celtiberian tessera in the Latin alphabet from Virovesca (Briviesca, Burgos) and the typology of tesserae hospitales”, in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, volume 68, number 1, , →ISSN, page 187
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2018) “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, , pages 108–138