Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rūnā
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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]Uncertain; Proto-Germanic *rūnō is either derived from the same source or is itself a loanword from Proto-Celtic. Matasovic is skeptical of connections to Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to roar; grumble; murmur; mumble; whisper”) (whence Latin rūmor) and to Ancient Greek ἐρέω (eréō, “to ask, tell”), and appears to prefer a borrowing from a common substrate language.[1]
Noun
[edit]*rūnā f
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *rūnā | *rūnai | *rūnās |
| vocative | *rūnā | *rūnai | *rūnās |
| accusative | *rūnam | *rūnai | *rūnāns |
| genitive | *rūnās | *rūnous | *rūnom |
| dative | *rūnāi | *rūnābom | *rūnābos |
| locative | *rūnai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *rūnābim | *rūnābis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rūnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-7
Further reading
[edit]- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117