Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garanos

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 *gérh₂n-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-.

Noun

*garanos m^[1]^[2]^[3]

crane, heron

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*garanos	*garanou	*garanoi
vocative	*garane	*garanou	*garanoi
accusative	*garanom	*garanou	*garanoms
genitive	*garanī	*garanous	*garanom
dative	*garanūi	*garanobom	*garanobos
locative	*garanei	*?	*?
instrumental	*garanū	*garanobim	*garanūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *garan
- Breton: garan
- Old Cornish: garan
  - → Cornish: garan (semi-learned)
- Middle Welsh: garan
  - Welsh: garan
Gaulish: *garanus^[4]
- ⇒ Gaulish: Tarvostrigaranus (Celtic divinity, literally “bull with three cranes”)

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 246: “*ǵerh₂-no-”
^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *garano-–151: “*ǵerh₂no-”
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “garanus”, 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 175

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 246: “*ǵerh₂-no-”

[2] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197

[3] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *garano-–151: “*ǵerh₂no-”

[DLG-4] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “garanus”, 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 175

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