Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garros

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

Possibly, via an earlier general sense “limb”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰs-r-, from *ǵʰes- (“hand”).[1] Compare Latin hīr (“hand”), Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Albanian dorë (“hand”), Tocharian A tsar, Hittite 𒆠𒌍𒊬.

Noun

*garros m

  1. shank, leg, calf

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *garros *garrou *garroi
vocative *garre *garrou *garroi
accusative *garrom *garrou *garrons
genitive *garrī *garrous *garrom
dative *garrūi *garrobom *garrobos
locative *garrei *? *?
instrumental *garrū *garrobim *garrūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *garr
    • Middle Breton: garr
    • Middle Cornish: gar
    • Middle Welsh: garr
  • Old Irish: gairr (< *garris m or f or *garrī f)
  • Gaulish: *garrā
    • → Vulgar Latin: *garra (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
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