Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸīweriyū

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

Uncertain; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂werih₂-ō ~ *piHwerih₂-né-s (“something fat, fertile”), from *péyh₂wer-ih₂ ~ pih₂ur-yéh₂-s (“fat, fertile”) +‎ *-ō, from *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”) +‎ *-ih₂.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Noun

*ɸīweriyū m^[4]^[5]

earth, soil

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸīweriyū	*ɸīweriyone?	*ɸīweriyones
vocative	*ɸīweriyū	*ɸīweriyone?	*ɸīweriyones
accusative	*ɸīweriyonam	*ɸīweriyone?	*ɸīweriyonans
genitive	*ɸīweriyonos	*ɸīweriyonows?	*ɸīweriyonom
dative	*ɸīweriyonei	*ɸīweriyombom	*ɸīweriyombos
locative	*ɸīweriyon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸīweriyonei	*ɸīweriyombim	*ɸīweriyombis

Alternative reconstructions

*īweriyū^[6]^[7]

Derived terms

*Φīweriyū

Descendants

Old Irish: íriu (“land, earth”)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ǝ)-, pī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261
^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 95
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīweryon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
^ Koch, John (2004) “*Φīwerjon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 288: “*īu̯Vr-ii̯ū”
^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 107-108: “*īu̯erii̯ō(n)”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ǝ)-, pī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793

[2] Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261

[3] Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 95

[4] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīweryon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

[5] Koch, John (2004) “*Φīwerjon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185

[6] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 288: “*īu̯Vr-ii̯ū”

[7] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 107-108: “*īu̯erii̯ō(n)”

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