Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garwos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), but Matasović dismisses this as "improbable," instead calling it an "expressive" development of Proto-Indo-European *ǵ-ʰr-wo- related to *gargos (“rough, fierce”).
Adjective
*garwos[1]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwos | *garwou | *garwoi |
| vocative | *garwe | *garwou | *garwoi |
| accusative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwons |
| genitive | *garwī | *garwous | *garwom |
| dative | *garwūi | *garwobom | *garwobos |
| instrumental | *garwū | *garwobim | *garwobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwā | *garwai | *garwās |
| vocative | *garwā | *garwai | *garwās |
| accusative | *garwam | *garwai | *garwans |
| genitive | *garwās | *garwous | *garwom |
| dative | *garwai | *garwābom | *garwābos |
| instrumental | *? | *garwābim | *garwābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwā |
| vocative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwā |
| accusative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwā |
| genitive | *garwī | *garwous | *garwom |
| dative | *garwūi | *garwobom | *garwobos |
| instrumental | *garwū | *garwobim | *garwobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwyūs | *? | *garwyoses |
| vocative | *garwyūs | *? | *garwyoses |
| accusative | *garwyosam | *? | *garwyosans |
| genitive | *garwisos | *? | *garwisom |
| dative | *garwisei | *? | *garwisbos |
| instrumental | *garwisī | *? | *garwisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwyūs | *? | *garwyoses |
| vocative | *garwyūs | *? | *garwyoses |
| accusative | *garwyosam | *? | *garwyosans |
| genitive | *garwisos | *? | *garwisom |
| dative | *garwisei | *? | *garwisbos |
| instrumental | *garwisī | *? | *garwisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *garwis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *garwis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *garwisos | *? | *garwisom |
| dative | *garwisei | *? | *garwisbos |
| instrumental | *garwisī | *? | *garwisbis |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *garw
- Old Irish: garb
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153