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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garwos

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).

Adjective

*garwos[1]

  1. coarse, rough

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *garwos *garwou *garwoi
vocative *garwe *garwou *garwoi
accusative *garwom *garwou *garwoms
genitive *garwī *garwous *garwom
dative *garwūi *garwobom *garwobos
instrumental *garwū *garwobim *garwobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *garwā *garwai *garwās
vocative *garwā *garwai *garwās
accusative *garwam *garwai *garwams
genitive *garwās *garwous *garwom
dative *garwai *garwābom *garwābos
instrumental *? *garwābim *garwābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *garwom *garwou *garwā
vocative *garwom *garwou *garwā
accusative *garwom *garwou *garwā
genitive *garwī *garwous *garwom
dative *garwūi *garwobom *garwobos
instrumental *garwū *garwobim *garwobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: garb

References

  1. 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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