Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷerets
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”) (whence also *gʷereti) + *-ets,[1] but Matasović stuggles to understand the semantics of such a derivation.[2]
Noun
[edit]*gʷerets f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gʷerets | — | — |
| vocative | *gʷerets | — | — |
| accusative | *gʷeretam | — | — |
| genitive | *gʷeretos | — | — |
| dative | *gʷeretei | — | — |
| locative | *gʷereti | — | — |
| instrumental | *gʷerete? | — | — |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 58-59
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gʷered-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146