Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/akros

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós.

Adjective

*akros

1. high

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*akros	*akrou	*akroi
vocative	*akre	*akrou	*akroi
accusative	*akrom	*akrou	*akrons
genitive	*akrī	*akrous	*akrom
dative	*akrūi	*akrobom	*akrobos
instrumental	*akrū	*akrobim	*akrobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*akrā	*akrai	*akrās
vocative	*akrā	*akrai	*akrās
accusative	*akram	*akrai	*akrans
genitive	*akrās	*akrous	*akrom
dative	*akrai	*akrābom	*akrābos
instrumental	*?	*akrābim	*akrābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*akrom	*akrou	*akrā
vocative	*akrom	*akrou	*akrā
accusative	*akrom	*akrou	*akrā
genitive	*akrī	*akrous	*akrom
dative	*akrūi	*akrobom	*akrobos
instrumental	*akrū	*akrobim	*akrobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*akryūs	*?	*akryoses
vocative	*akryūs	*?	*akryoses
accusative	*akryosam	*?	*akryosans
genitive	*akrisos	*?	*akrisom
dative	*akrisei	*?	*akrisbos
instrumental	*akrisī	*?	*akrisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*akryūs	*?	*akryoses
vocative	*akryūs	*?	*akryoses
accusative	*akryosam	*?	*akryosans
genitive	*akrisos	*?	*akrisom
dative	*akrisei	*?	*akrisbos
instrumental	*akrisī	*?	*akrisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*akris	*?	*?
vocative	*akris	*?	*?
accusative	*akris	*?	*?
genitive	*akrisos	*?	*akrisom
dative	*akrisei	*?	*akrisbos
instrumental	*akrisī	*?	*akrisbis

Descendants

• Old Irish: ér
• Gaulish: *axros
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Axrotalus

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*akro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 28