Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷariyā

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 *gʷaros (“pious, dutiful”) +‎ *-iyā (deadjectival abstract suffix).

Noun

*gʷariyā f

duty
piety

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷariyā	*gʷariyai	*gʷariyās
vocative	*gʷariyā	*gʷariyai	*gʷariyās
accusative	*gʷariyam	*gʷariyai	*gʷariyāns
genitive	*gʷariyās	*gʷariyous	*gʷariyom
dative	*gʷariyāi	*gʷariyābom	*gʷariyābos
locative	*gʷariyai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*gʷariyābim	*gʷariyābis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović wrongly assigns Brittonic derivatives of *uɸoreteti (“to help”) to this word.^[1] This error is not corrected in his corrigenda.
The correct Brittonic cognates are listed by Schrijver (1996);^[2] Matasović also cites Schrijver, making the wrong assignment of cognates baffling.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwareð
- Middle Breton: goarez
  - Breton: gwarez (“shelter, protection”)
- Middle Welsh: gwareð
  - Welsh: gwaredd (“gentleness, compassion”)
Old Irish: goire
- Middle Irish: gaire

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷariyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144
^ Schrijver, Peter (1996) “OIr. Gor 'Pious, Dutiful': Meaning and Etymology”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 47, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 193–204

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷariyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144

[gor-2] Schrijver, Peter (1996) “OIr. Gor 'Pious, Dutiful': Meaning and Etymology”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 47, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 193–204

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