Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gortos
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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]By comparison with Latin hortus and Ancient Greek χόρτος (khórtos), Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos can be mechanically reconstructed.[1]
Matasović goes further and derives that from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), assuming that the t came from the nominative singular of a root noun, where *-s would devoice a preceding consonant, with the *-t- then generalized across its paradigm and thematicized.[2]
Noun
[edit]*gortos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gortos | *gortou | *gortoi |
| vocative | *gorte | *gortou | *gortoi |
| accusative | *gortom | *gortou | *gortoms |
| genitive | *gortī | *gortous | *gortom |
| dative | *gortūi | *gortobom | *gortobos |
| locative | *gortei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *gortū | *gortobim | *gortūis |
Derived terms
[edit]- *lubīgortos
- *bou-gortos
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gorto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 164-165