Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bāregos

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

Either from *bā-rigos (“cow-tying”) (*bāus + *rigos) as theorized by Hamp, or from a Proto-Indo-European compound *bʰeh₂-h₃reǵos (“light-extending”), from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”) and *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten”), as theorized by Matasovic who rejects Hamp's theory as semantically far-fetched. If the latter theory is correct, then *bāregos was originally an adjective that referred to dawn.

Noun

*bāregos m

1. morning

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bāregos	*bāregou	*bāregoi
vocative	*bārege	*bāregou	*bāregoi
accusative	*bāregom	*bāregou	*bāregoms
genitive	*bāregī	*bāregous	*bāregom
dative	*bāregūi	*bāregobom	*bāregobos
locative	*bāregei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bāregū	*bāregobim	*bāregūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *bọreɣ
  • Middle Breton: beure
    • Breton: beure
  • Middle Welsh: bore
    • Welsh: bore
      • → Cornish: bore
• Old Irish: bárach
  • ⇒ Old Irish: i mbárach
    • Irish: amárach
    • Manx: mairagh
    • Scottish Gaelic: a-màireach

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57