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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸerissā

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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

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Etymology

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The first part is the prefix *ɸeri-, from Proto-Indo-European *péri, locative to *per-. The second element is ambiguous; it could either be:

Noun

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*ɸerissā f

  1. religion

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸerissā *ɸerissai *ɸerissās
vocative *ɸerissā *ɸerissai *ɸerissās
accusative *ɸerissam *ɸerissai *ɸerissāms
genitive *ɸerissās *ɸerissous *ɸerissom
dative *ɸerissāi *ɸerissābom *ɸerissābos
locative *ɸerissai *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸerissābim *ɸerissābis

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: iress, hires, ires, iraes
    • Irish: iris (faith, religion)
  • Gaulish: *erissios (derived *-yós adjective)
    • Latin: Ersea (cognomen of a Brescian)[3]

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 128
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 61
  3. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2024) “Celto-Venetica: Indo-European Names from North-Eastern Italy and the Dialectal Classification of Venetic”, in Voprosy Onomastiki, volume 21, number 2, pages 9-50