Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mori

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 *móri.

Noun

*mori n

1. sea

Declension

Neuter i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mori	*morī	*moryā
vocative	*mori	*morī	*moryā
accusative	*mori	*morī	*moryā
genitive	*morois	*morois	*moryom
dative	*morei	*moribom	*moribos
locative	*morei	*?	*?
instrumental	*morī	*moribim	*moribis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović wrongly believes that *mori was transformed into an o-stem in Brittonic due to its lack of i-affection. In fact, it is regular for short *i to not trigger final i-affection of any vowel other than *e, making Matasović's hypothesis completely unnecessary.

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *mor
  • Old Breton: mor
    • Middle Breton: mor
      • Breton: mor
  • Old Cornish: mor
    • Middle Cornish: mor
      • Cornish: mor
  • Middle Welsh: mor
    • Welsh: môr
• Old Irish: muir
  • Irish: muir
  • Manx: mooir
  • Scottish Gaelic: muir
• Gaulish: *mori, more
• ⇒ Gaulish: *Aremorika (< *ɸare-‌mori-ikā)
  • → Latin: Armorica
    • → English: Armorica
    • Middle French: Armorique
      • → Middle English: Armorik
      • French: Armorique
    • Portuguese: Armórica
• →⇒ Vulgar Latin: *morūca