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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beru

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 *gʷéru (“spit, spear”).

Noun

*beru n[1]

  1. (cooking) spit

Declension
Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *beru *berū *berwā
vocative *beru *berū *berwā
accusative *beru *berū *berwā
genitive *berous *berous *berowom
dative *berou *berubom *berubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *berū *berubim *berubis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: *ber
    • Middle Breton: ber
    • Old Cornish: ber
    • Middle Welsh: ber
  • Old Irish: bir, biur (“spear, spit”)
    • Irish: bior
    • Scottish Gaelic: bior
    • Manx: byr, birr

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62
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