Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/berwos

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 *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).[1]

Noun

*berwos m[1]

  1. stew

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *berwos *berwou *berwoi
vocative *berwe *berwou *berwoi
accusative *berwom *berwou *berwons
genitive *berwī *berwous *berwom
dative *berwūi *berwobom *berwobos
locative *berwei *? *?
instrumental *berwū *berwobim *berwūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *berw
    • Middle Breton: beru
      • Breton: berv
    • Middle Welsh: berw

Derived terms

  • Proto-Celtic: *berwāti, *berwīti
    • Proto-Brythonic: *berwid
      • Breton: berwiñ
      • Welsh: berwi
    • Old Irish: berbaid

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*berwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
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