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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rowesyā
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁os (“open space”).[1] Cognate with Latin rus (“countryside; country”) and Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵- (rauuah-, “open space”).
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *rowesyā | *rowesyai | *rowesyās |
| vocative | *rowesyā | *rowesyai | *rowesyās |
| accusative | *rowesyam | *rowesyai | *rowesyāms |
| genitive | *rowesyās | *rowesyous | *rowesyom |
| dative | *rowesyāi | *rowesyābom | *rowesyābos |
| locative | *rowesyai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *rowesyābim | *rowesyābis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: róe
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rowesyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 315
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