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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koryos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war, troops”), from *ker-, see also Lithuanian kãras, kãrias (“war”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “ruler, commander, military leader”), Old Persian 𐎼𐎢 (r-u /kāra/, “people of war, army”).
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *koryos | *koryou | *koryoi |
vocative | *korye | *koryou | *koryūs |
accusative | *koryom | *koryou | *koryoms |
genitive | *koryī | *koryous | *koryom |
dative | *koryūi | *koryobom | *koryobos |
locative | *koryei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *koryū | *koryobim | *koryūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: cordd (“clan, tribe”)
- Middle Irish: cuire
- Gaulish: Vo-corii, Ate-corius, *Atikoryos
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218
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