Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koryos

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 *kóryos (“war, troops”), from *ker-, see also Lithuanian kãras, kãrias (“war”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “ruler, commander, military leader”), Old Persian 𐎼𐎢 (r-u /⁠kāra⁠/, “people of war, army”).

Noun

*koryos m

1. army, tribe
2. troop

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koryos	*koryou	*koryoi
vocative	*korye	*koryou	*koryoi
accusative	*koryom	*koryou	*koryons
genitive	*koryī	*koryous	*koryom
dative	*koryūi	*koryobom	*koryobos
locative	*koryei	*?	*?
instrumental	*koryū	*koryobim	*koryūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Welsh: cordd (“clan, tribe”)
    • Welsh: cordd
• Old Irish: cuire
  • Middle Irish: cuire
    • Irish: cuire
• Gaulish: *corios
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Āticorios
    • → Latin: Atecorius
  • →⇒ Latin: Vocoriī
  • →⇒ Latin: Tricoriī
    • French: Trégor, Tréguier
  • →⇒ Latin: Petrucoriī
    • French: Périgord