Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srutu

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 *srew-.

Noun

*srutu n[1]

  1. stream, river
  2. flow, current

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *srutu *srutū *srutwā
vocative *srutu *srutū *srutwā
accusative *srutu *srutū *srutwā
genitive *srutous *srutous *srutowom
dative *srutou *srutubom *srutubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *srutū *srutubim *srutubis

Reconstruction notes

The *srutom reconstructed by Matasović is erroneous; he wrongly labels Old Irish sruth as a neuter o-stem[2] when it is actually a u-stem.

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *frud
    • Old Breton: frut
      • Breton: froud
    • Old Cornish: frot
    • Middle Welsh: ffrwt
  • Old Irish: sruth

References

  1. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) “Air. sruth”, in Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 129
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sruto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
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