Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/warsā

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 *wr̥s-éh₂, from *wers- (“to rise, elevate”).[1]

Noun

*warsā f

  1. a high point
  2. post, prop

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *warsā *warsai *warsās
vocative *warsā *warsai *warsās
accusative *warsam *warsai *warsāns
genitive *warsās *warsous *warsom
dative *warsāi *warsābom *warsābos
locative *warsai *? *?
instrumental *? *warsābim *warsābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwarr (“(nape of the) neck”)
  • Middle Irish: farr

References

  1. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 13
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