Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ordos

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 from earlier *orxdo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-dʰh₁o-, composed of *h₃erg- (“to perish”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do”). Also compare Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”), from a different root.

    Noun

    *ordos m[1]

    1. hammer

    Declension

    Masculine o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ordos *ordou *ordoi
    vocative *orde *ordou *ordoi
    accusative *ordom *ordou *ordons
    genitive *ordī *ordous *ordom
    dative *ordūi *ordobom *ordobos
    locative *ordei *? *?
    instrumental *ordū *ordobim *ordūis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Brythonic: *orð
    • Old Irish: ord
    • → Latin: Ordovices

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ordo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
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