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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srognā

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 *sregʰ- (“snore”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”), Old Armenian ռունգն (ṙungn, “nose”). See also Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).[1]

Noun

*srognā f

  1. nose

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *srognā *srognai *srognās
vocative *srognā *srognai *srognās
accusative *srognam *srognai *srognāms
genitive *srognās *srognous *srognom
dative *srognāi *srognābom *srognābos
locative *srognai *? *?
instrumental *? *srognābim *srognābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *froɨn
    • Old Breton: fron
      • Middle Breton: froan, fron
        • Breton: froen (“nostril”)
    • Middle Welsh: ffroen
  • Old Irish: srón
  • Gaulish: *srognā
    • → Old French: froigner, frogner
      • → Middle English: frounen
      • ⇒ Old French: enfrogner

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 352-3
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