Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adberos

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

Prefixed with *ad- (“to, at, towards”). See *komberos for further etymology and related terms.

Noun

*adberos m

1. mouth, confluence (of a river)

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*adberos	*adberou	*adberoi
vocative	*adbere	*adberou	*adberoi
accusative	*adberom	*adberou	*adberoms
genitive	*adberī	*adberous	*adberom
dative	*adberūi	*adberobom	*adberobos
locative	*adberei	*?	*?
instrumental	*adberū	*adberobim	*adberūis

Related terms

• *komberos

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *aber
  • Old Breton: aperou pl (possibly borrowed from Old Welsh)
    • Breton: aber
      • → French: aber
  • Old Cornish: aber
  • Old Welsh: aper
    • Middle Welsh: aber
      • Welsh: aber
• Old Irish:
  • Irish: abar
  • Scottish Gaelic: abar, obar (possibly via Pictish)
• Pictish: *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (*aber)
• → Latin: Averius
  • Portuguese: Aveiro