Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kurros
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown. Latin curvus (“bent”) and Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós) look tempting to compare, but it is impossible to extract a phonologically valid root from these.[1]
Adjective
*kurros
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kurros | *kurrou | *kurroi |
| vocative | *kurre | *kurrou | *kurroi |
| accusative | *kurrom | *kurrou | *kurrons |
| genitive | *kurrī | *kurrous | *kurrom |
| dative | *kurrūi | *kurrobom | *kurrobos |
| instrumental | *kurrū | *kurrobim | *kurrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kurrā | *kurrai | *kurrās |
| vocative | *kurrā | *kurrai | *kurrās |
| accusative | *kurram | *kurrai | *kurrans |
| genitive | *kurrās | *kurrous | *kurrom |
| dative | *kurrai | *kurrābom | *kurrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kurrābim | *kurrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kurrom | *kurrou | *kurrā |
| vocative | *kurrom | *kurrou | *kurrā |
| accusative | *kurrom | *kurrou | *kurrā |
| genitive | *kurrī | *kurrous | *kurrom |
| dative | *kurrūi | *kurrobom | *kurrobos |
| instrumental | *kurrū | *kurrobim | *kurrobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kurryūs | *? | *kurryoses |
| vocative | *kurryūs | *? | *kurryoses |
| accusative | *kurryosam | *? | *kurryosans |
| genitive | *kurrisos | *? | *kurrisom |
| dative | *kurrisei | *? | *kurrisbos |
| instrumental | *kurrisī | *? | *kurrisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kurryūs | *? | *kurryoses |
| vocative | *kurryūs | *? | *kurryoses |
| accusative | *kurryosam | *? | *kurryosans |
| genitive | *kurrisos | *? | *kurrisom |
| dative | *kurrisei | *? | *kurrisbos |
| instrumental | *kurrisī | *? | *kurrisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kurris | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kurris | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kurris | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kurrisos | *? | *kurrisom |
| dative | *kurrisei | *? | *kurrisbos |
| instrumental | *kurrisī | *? | *kurrisbis |
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 230