Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/brāwū

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (quern, millstone), from *gʷréh₂us (heavy).[1]

Noun

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*brāwū f[1][2]

  1. quern, millstone

Declension

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Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *brāwū *brāwone? *brāwones
vocative *brāwū *brāwone? *brāwones
accusative *brāwonam *brāwone? *brāwonams
genitive *brāwonos *brāwonows? *brāwonom
dative *brāwonei *brāwombom *brāwombos
locative *brāwon(i) *? *?
instrumental *brāwonei *brāwombim *brāwombis

Alternative reconstructions

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Descendants

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Further reading

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
  2. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 94
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75