Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Wirokū
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *wiros (“man”) + *kū; a close parallel is apparent in (West?) Germanic *werawulf.
Proper noun
[edit]*Wirokū m[1]
- a male given name
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *Wirokū | *Wirokone | *Wirokones |
| vocative | *Wirokū | *Wirokone | *Wirokones |
| accusative | *Wirokonam | *Wirokone | *Wirokonans |
| genitive | *Wirokunos | *Wirokunou | *Wirokunom |
| dative | *Wirokunei | *Wirokunobom | *Wirokunobos |
| locative | *Wirokuni | — | — |
| instrumental | *Wirokune? | *Wirokunobim | *Wirokunobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *Gwurgi (late)
- Old Breton: Gurki
- Old Welsh: Guurci
- Middle Welsh: Gwrgi
- →⇒ Latin: Viroconium (from an early Brittonic *Wirokon, from an oblique stem)
- →⇒ English: Wroxeter
- Old Irish: Ferchú
- Celtiberian: Uiroku
References
[edit]- ^ Koch, John T. (2020) Celto-Germanic: Later Prehistory and Post-Proto-Indo-European vocabulary in the North and West, Aberystwyth: University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, page 96