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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸoreidos

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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

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Etymology

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From *uɸo- (under) +‎ *reidos (ride, chariot), the latter from *reideti (to ride, move), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (to ride, move). Related to Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (to ride) (whence English ride).[1]

Noun

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*uɸoreidos m

  1. horse
    Synonyms: *ekʷos, *kaballos, *markos

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸoreidos *uɸoreidou *uɸoreidoi
vocative *uɸoreide *uɸoreidou *uɸoreidoi
accusative *uɸoreidom *uɸoreidou *uɸoreidoms
genitive *uɸoreidī *uɸoreidous *uɸoreidom
dative *uɸoreidūi *uɸoreidobom *uɸoreidobos
locative *uɸoreidei *? *?
instrumental *uɸoreidū *uɸoreidobim *uɸoreidūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *gworuɨð
    • Middle Welsh: gorwyð
  • Gaulish: *werēdos
  • Hispano-Celtic:
    • ? Galician: verea (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)
    • ? Portuguese: vereda (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)
    • ? Spanish: vereda (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufo-rēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 398