Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wridmā

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

Seemingly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”), but the root laryngeal disappeared somehow.

Noun

*wridmā f

root

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wridmā	*wridmai	*wridmās
vocative	*wridmā	*wridmai	*wridmās
accusative	*wridmam	*wridmai	*wridmāns
genitive	*wridmās	*wridmous	*wridmom
dative	*wridmāi	*wridmābom	*wridmābos
locative	*wridmai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wridmābim	*wridmābis

Related terms

*wradī
*wridnom
- Old Irish: frén
*wrid-sko-
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwrɨsk
  - Middle Welsh: gwrysc
    - Welsh: gwrysg

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwreðβ̃
- Middle Welsh: gredyf, gretyf
  - Welsh: greddf
Old Irish: frém
- Middle Irish: frém, prém
  - Irish: fréamh, préamh
  - Manx: fraue
  - Scottish Gaelic: freumh

Further reading

Lucht, Martina (2007) Der Grundwortschatz des Altirischen‎^[1] (in German), Bonn: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, page 327