Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ruts

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

Root noun from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).[1]

Noun

*ruts m

  1. red colour
  2. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ruts *rude *rudes
vocative *ruts *rude *rudes
accusative *rudam *rude *rudans
genitive *rudos *rudou *rudom
dative *rudei *rudobom *rudobos
locative *rudi — —
instrumental *rude? *rudobim *rudobis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: rú (“madder, a plant from which red dye is produced”)
    • Middle Irish: rú
      • ⇒ Irish: rú Mhuire (“lady's bedstraw”)

References

  1. ^ Stifter, David (1998) “Study in Red”, in Die Sprache, volume 40, Harrassowitz Verlag, page 207
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