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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gurmos

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

Unknown; presumably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate source since there are no cognates outside Celtic.[1]

Adjective

*gurmos

  1. dun, dark, blue

Inflection
O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gurmos *gurmou *gurmoi
vocative *gurme *gurmou *gurmoi
accusative *gurmom *gurmou *gurmoms
genitive *gurmī *gurmous *gurmom
dative *gurmūi *gurmobom *gurmobos
instrumental *gurmū *gurmobim *gurmobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gurmā *gurmai *gurmās
vocative *gurmā *gurmai *gurmās
accusative *gurmam *gurmai *gurmams
genitive *gurmās *gurmous *gurmom
dative *gurmai *gurmābom *gurmābos
instrumental *? *gurmābim *gurmābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gurmom *gurmou *gurmā
vocative *gurmom *gurmou *gurmā
accusative *gurmom *gurmou *gurmā
genitive *gurmī *gurmous *gurmom
dative *gurmūi *gurmobom *gurmobos
instrumental *gurmū *gurmobim *gurmobis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: *gurm
    • Old Breton: Uurm-haelon (literally “with dark brows”)
    • Cornish: gorm
    • Welsh: gwrm
  • Middle Irish: gorm

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169

See also
Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
     *bānos, *loukos, *windos      *ɸlētos      *dubus
             *roudos; *dergos              *dusnos              *blāwos, *melinos
                          *glastos             
                                       *gurmos
                                      
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