Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komberos
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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]Prefixed with *kom-.
Usually related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to brew”),[1][2] but the absence of -w- cannot be satisfactorily explained if that root is the origin. Stifter dismisses such a connection.
Noun
[edit]*komberos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *komberos | *komberou | *komberoi |
| vocative | *kombere | *komberou | *komberoi |
| accusative | *komberom | *komberou | *komberoms |
| genitive | *komberī | *komberous | *komberom |
| dative | *komberūi | *komberobom | *komberobos |
| locative | *komberei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *komberū | *komberobim | *komberūis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “comberos”, 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 122
- ^ Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (1993) “Studies in Indo-European Vocabulary”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 98, , →ISSN, pages 24-39