Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dekʷro-

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

Unknown, with many speculative ideas floating around. Lucht is ready to fall back on supposing a potential substrate borrowing if no other option proves worthy. See Lucht 2007 (p. 137) for discussion.^[1] Delamarre's comparison to Ancient Greek δεῖπνον (deîpnon)^[2] does not work due to mismatched first vowels.

Noun

*dekʷro- gender unattested

food

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *debr
- ⇒ Old Breton: diprim (“to eat”)
  - Middle Breton: dibriff
    - Breton: debriñ
- ⇒ Cornish: dybbry, debri, dybri
⇒ Gaulish: Deprosagiios (literally “food-seeker”)

References

^ Lucht, Martina (2007) Der Grundwortschatz des Altirischen‎^[1] (in German), Bonn: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, page 137
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “depro-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 139

[1] Lucht, Martina (2007) Der Grundwortschatz des Altirischen‎^[1] (in German), Bonn: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, page 137

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “depro-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 139

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