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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garwos
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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
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), but Matasović dismisses this as "improbable," instead calling it an "expressive" development of Proto-Indo-European *ǵ-ʰr-wo- related to *gargos (“rough, fierce”).
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gawos | *gawou | *gawoi |
| vocative | *gawe | *gawou | *gawoi |
| accusative | *gawom | *gawou | *gawoms |
| genitive | *gawī | *gawous | *gawom |
| dative | *gawūi | *gawobom | *gawobos |
| instrumental | *gawū | *gawobim | *gawobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gawā | *gawai | *gawās |
| vocative | *gawā | *gawai | *gawās |
| accusative | *gawam | *gawai | *gawams |
| genitive | *gawās | *gawous | *gawom |
| dative | *gawai | *gawābom | *gawābos |
| instrumental | *? | *gawābim | *gawābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gawom | *gawou | *gawā |
| vocative | *gawom | *gawou | *gawā |
| accusative | *gawom | *gawou | *gawā |
| genitive | *gawī | *gawous | *gawom |
| dative | *gawūi | *gawobom | *gawobos |
| instrumental | *gawū | *gawobim | *gawobis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*garwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
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