Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/serrā

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 *serp- (“sickle, cut”).

Noun

*serrā f

1. sickle, scythe
2. billhook

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*serrā	*serrai	*serrās
vocative	*serrā	*serrai	*serrās
accusative	*serram	*serrai	*serrāms
genitive	*serrās	*serrous	*serrom
dative	*serrāi	*serrābom	*serrābos
locative	*serrai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*serrābim	*serrābis

Descendants

• Old Irish: serr
  • Middle Irish: serr
    • Scottish Gaelic: seàrr
• Old Welsh: serr
  • Welsh: ser
• Gaulish: serra
  • Old French:
    • French: Syrah, serine
  • →? Latin: serra (see there for further descendants)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “serr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ser”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies