Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tworkos
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 |
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]From Proto-Indo-European *tworḱ-ó-s, from *twerḱ- (“to cut”) + *-ós (agent suffix), literally “cutter”.[1]
Noun
[edit]*tworkos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *tworkos | *tworkou | *tworkoi |
| vocative | *tworke | *tworkou | *tworkoi |
| accusative | *tworkom | *tworkou | *tworkoms |
| genitive | *tworkī | *tworkous | *tworkom |
| dative | *tworkūi | *tworkobom | *tworkobos |
| locative | *tworkei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *tworkū | *tworkobim | *tworkūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: torc
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tworko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 395