Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/groudos

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

Matasović has attempted to compare this word to Old English grēada (“breast, lap”) and Proto-Slavic *grǫdь (“breast”), but he admits that the semantic difference to those is quite awkward.^[1]

Noun

*groudos n

cheek

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*groudos	*groudese?	*groudesa
vocative	*groudos	*groudese?	*groudesa
accusative	*groudos	*groudese?	*groudesa
genitive	*groudesos	*groudesous?	*groudesom
dative	*groudesē	*groudesbom	*groudesbos
locative	*groudesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*groudesē	*groudesbim	*groudesbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *grʉð
- Old Cornish: grud
- Old Welsh: grudou pl
  - Middle Welsh: grud, grut
    - Welsh: grudd
Old Irish: grúad
- Middle Irish: grúad
  - Irish: grua
  - Manx: gruaie
  - Scottish Gaelic: gruaidh

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*growdos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*growdos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 168

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