Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sakros

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 *sh₂k-ró-s (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to make sacred”).^[1]^[2] Cognate to Proto-Italic *sakros (whence Latin sacer).

Adjective

*sakros

consecrated, sacred

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sakros	*sakrou	*sakroi
vocative	*sakre	*sakrou	*sakroi
accusative	*sakrom	*sakrou	*sakroms
genitive	*sakrī	*sakrous	*sakrom
dative	*sakrūi	*sakrobom	*sakrobos
instrumental	*sakrū	*sakrobim	*sakrobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sakrā	*sakrai	*sakrās
vocative	*sakrā	*sakrai	*sakrās
accusative	*sakram	*sakrai	*sakrams
genitive	*sakrās	*sakrous	*sakrom
dative	*sakrai	*sakrābom	*sakrābos
instrumental	*?	*sakrābim	*sakrābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sakrom	*sakrou	*sakrā
vocative	*sakrom	*sakrou	*sakrā
accusative	*sakrom	*sakrou	*sakrā
genitive	*sakrī	*sakrous	*sakrom
dative	*sakrūi	*sakrobom	*sakrobos
instrumental	*sakrū	*sakrobim	*sakrobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sakryūs	*?	*sakryoses
vocative	*sakryūs	*?	*sakryoses
accusative	*sakryosam	*?	*sakryosams
genitive	*sakrisos	*?	*sakrisom
dative	*sakrisei	*?	*sakrisbos
instrumental	*sakrisī	*?	*sakrisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sakryūs	*?	*sakryoses
vocative	*sakryūs	*?	*sakryoses
accusative	*sakryosam	*?	*sakryosams
genitive	*sakrisos	*?	*sakrisom
dative	*sakrisei	*?	*sakrisbos
instrumental	*sakrisī	*?	*sakrisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sakris	*?	*?
vocative	*sakris	*?	*?
accusative	*sakris	*?	*?
genitive	*sakrisos	*?	*sakrisom
dative	*sakrisei	*?	*sakrisbos
instrumental	*sakrisī	*?	*sakrisbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *hagr (“ugly”)
- Middle Breton: hagr
- Middle Cornish: hager
- Middle Welsh: hagyr
  - Welsh: hagr
Gaulish: *sacros
- →⇒ Latin: Sacrobena, Mediusacer, Sacrovirus, Sacrapus, Sacrodivus, Sacrobarus, Sacromainus, Sacrillus, Sacrillius

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sakro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 318–319
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “sacro-”, 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 264

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sakro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 318–319

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “sacro-”, 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 264

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