Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tworkos

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 *tworḱ-ó-s, from *twerḱ- (“to cut”) +‎ *-ós (agent suffix), literally “cutter”.[1]

Noun

*tworkos m

  1. boar

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tworkos *tworkou *tworkoi
vocative *tworke *tworkou *tworkoi
accusative *tworkom *tworkou *tworkons
genitive *tworkī *tworkous *tworkom
dative *tworkūi *tworkobom *tworkobos
locative *tworkei *? *?
instrumental *tworkū *tworkobim *tworkūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: torc

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tworko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
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