Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yarā

Proto-Celtic

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.

Etymology

Perhaps from earlier *ɸiɸeros, from a Proto-Indo-European root *pip- that would also be the source of Latin pīpiō (“to chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Ultimately of imitative origin either way.

Noun

*yarā f^[1]

hen, chicken

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yarā	*yarai	*yarās
vocative	*yarā	*yarai	*yarās
accusative	*yaram	*yarai	*yarāns
genitive	*yarās	*yarous	*yarom
dative	*yarāi	*yarābom	*yarābos
locative	*yarai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*yarābim	*yarābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *jar
- Breton: yar
- Old Cornish: yar
  - Cornish: yar
- Old Welsh: iar
  - Middle Welsh: yar
    - Welsh: iâr
⇒? Middle Irish: eirín, eiréne
- Irish: eireog
- Scottish Gaelic: eireag
Gaulish: Iaros (placename)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

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