Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/samaros

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 *samos (“summer”) +‎ *aros (“ploughing, ploughed land”).[1]

Noun

*samaros m

  1. summer fallow, uncropped and plowed land during the summer

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *samaros *samarou *samaroi
vocative *samare *samarou *samaroi
accusative *samarom *samarou *samarons
genitive *samarī *samarous *samarom
dative *samarūi *samarobom *samarobos
locative *samarei *? *?
instrumental *samarū *samarobim *samarūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *haβ̃ar
  • Gaulish: *samaros, samaro-
    • → Vulgar Latin: *sumerus

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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