Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wersos

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 *wers- (“to rise, raise”).[1][2][3]

Adjective

*wersos (comparative *wersais)

  1. at a higher place
  2. better

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wersos *wersou *wersoi
vocative *werse *wersou *wersoi
accusative *wersom *wersou *wersons
genitive *wersī *wersous *wersom
dative *wersūi *wersobom *wersobos
instrumental *wersū *wersobim *wersobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wersā *wersai *wersās
vocative *wersā *wersai *wersās
accusative *wersam *wersai *wersans
genitive *wersās *wersous *wersom
dative *wersai *wersābom *wersābos
instrumental *? *wersābim *wersābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wersom *wersou *wersā
vocative *wersom *wersou *wersā
accusative *wersom *wersou *wersā
genitive *wersī *wersous *wersom
dative *wersūi *wersobom *wersobos
instrumental *wersū *wersobim *wersobis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: ferr
    • Irish: fearr
    • Manx: share
    • Scottish Gaelic: feàrr
  • ⇒ Celtiberian: uerzaizokum (family name from a degree of comparison)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 13
  3. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2022) “The sibilant sounds of Hispano-Celtic: phonetics, phonology and orthography”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 20, number 1, page 2
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