Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸarausyos

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 *ɸare- (“before”) +‎ *ausos (“ear”) +‎ *-yos, literally “before the ears”.

Noun

*ɸarausyos m

1. (anatomy) temple of the head

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸarausyos	*ɸarausyou	*ɸarausyoi
vocative	*ɸarausye	*ɸarausyou	*ɸarausyoi
accusative	*ɸarausyom	*ɸarausyou	*ɸarausyoms
genitive	*ɸarausyī	*ɸarausyous	*ɸarausyom
dative	*ɸarausyūi	*ɸarausyobom	*ɸarausyobos
locative	*ɸarausyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸarausyū	*ɸarausyobim	*ɸarausyūis

Descendants

• Old Irish: arae
  • Middle Irish: ara
    • Irish: ara
• Gaulish: *Arausios
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Arausiodūnom
    • → Latin: Rausidonem (acc.sg.)
      • French: Rhodon (“town name in Loir-et-Cher”)
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Arausiū
    • → Latin: Arausiō
      • →⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *Arausing-
        • → French: Orange