Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koryos

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 *kóryos (“war, troops”), from *ker-, see also Lithuanian kãras, kãrias (“war”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “ruler, commander, military leader”), Old Persian 𐎼𐎢 (r-u /⁠kāra⁠/, “people of war, army”).

Noun

*koryos m^[1]

army, tribe
troop

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koryos	*koryou	*koryoi
vocative	*korye	*koryou	*koryoi
accusative	*koryom	*koryou	*koryons
genitive	*koryī	*koryous	*koryom
dative	*koryūi	*koryobom	*koryobos
locative	*koryei	*?	*?
instrumental	*koryū	*koryobim	*koryūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: cordd (“clan, tribe”)
  - Welsh: cordd
Old Irish: cuire
- Middle Irish: cuire
  - Irish: cuire
Gaulish: *corios
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Āticorios
  - → Latin: Atecorius
- →⇒ Latin: Vocoriī
- →⇒ Latin: Tricoriī
  - French: Trégor, Tréguier
- →⇒ Latin: Petrucoriī
  - French: Périgord

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218

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