Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bergā

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Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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Plausibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to carry), similar to Latin fur (thief), though the *-gā suffix is unusual.

Noun

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*bergā f[1]

  1. robbery, pillage

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bergā *bergai *bergās
vocative *bergā *bergai *bergās
accusative *bergam *bergai *bergāms
genitive *bergās *bergous *bergom
dative *bergāi *bergābom *bergābos
locative *bergai *? *?
instrumental *? *bergābim *bergābis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: berg

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bergā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62