Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/berus

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 *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Noun

*berus m^[1]^[2]

(geology) spring
stream

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*berus	*berū	*berowes
vocative	*beru	*berū	*berūs
accusative	*berum	*berū	*berums
genitive	*berous	*berous	*berowom
dative	*berou	*berubom	*berubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*berū	*berubim	*berubis

Derived terms

*beruros

Descendants

Middle Irish: bir (appearing only in glossaries or poetry)
- Classical Gaelic: bior

References

^ Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (1993) “Studies in Indo-European Vocabulary”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 98, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 24-39
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*beruro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

[1] Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (1993) “Studies in Indo-European Vocabulary”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 98, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 24-39

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*beruro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

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