Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/remros
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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]Unknown.[1]
Adjective
[edit]*remros
Inflection
[edit]The second *r in this word is absent when inflected for degrees of comparison.
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *remros | *remrou | *remroi |
| vocative | *remre | *remrou | *remroi |
| accusative | *remrom | *remrou | *remrons |
| genitive | *remrī | *remrous | *remrom |
| dative | *remrūi | *remrobom | *remrobos |
| instrumental | *remrū | *remrobim | *remrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *remrā | *remrai | *remrās |
| vocative | *remrā | *remrai | *remrās |
| accusative | *remram | *remrai | *remrans |
| genitive | *remrās | *remrous | *remrom |
| dative | *remrai | *remrābom | *remrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *remrābim | *remrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *remrom | *remrou | *remrā |
| vocative | *remrom | *remrou | *remrā |
| accusative | *remrom | *remrou | *remrā |
| genitive | *remrī | *remrous | *remrom |
| dative | *remrūi | *remrobom | *remrobos |
| instrumental | *remrū | *remrobim | *remrobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *rreβ̃ (with the second *r lost;[2] either by dissimilation or analogy with degrees of comparison)
- Middle Irish: remor
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rem(r)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhef”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies