Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸornertos

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 *uɸer- (“over-”) +‎ *nertom (“strength”).

Adjective

*uɸornertos

1. very strong, powerful

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸornertos	*uɸornertou	*uɸornertoi
vocative	*uɸornerte	*uɸornertou	*uɸornertoi
accusative	*uɸornertom	*uɸornertou	*uɸornertoms
genitive	*uɸornertī	*uɸornertous	*uɸornertom
dative	*uɸornertūi	*uɸornertobom	*uɸornertobos
instrumental	*uɸornertū	*uɸornertobim	*uɸornertobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸornertā	*uɸornertai	*uɸornertās
vocative	*uɸornertā	*uɸornertai	*uɸornertās
accusative	*uɸornertam	*uɸornertai	*uɸornertams
genitive	*uɸornertās	*uɸornertous	*uɸornertom
dative	*uɸornertai	*uɸornertābom	*uɸornertābos
instrumental	*?	*uɸornertābim	*uɸornertābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸornertom	*uɸornertou	*uɸornertā
vocative	*uɸornertom	*uɸornertou	*uɸornertā
accusative	*uɸornertom	*uɸornertou	*uɸornertā
genitive	*uɸornertī	*uɸornertous	*uɸornertom
dative	*uɸornertūi	*uɸornertobom	*uɸornertobos
instrumental	*uɸornertū	*uɸornertobim	*uɸornertobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸornertyūs	*?	*uɸornertyoses
vocative	*uɸornertyūs	*?	*uɸornertyoses
accusative	*uɸornertyosam	*?	*uɸornertyosams
genitive	*uɸornertisos	*?	*uɸornertisom
dative	*uɸornertisei	*?	*uɸornertisbos
instrumental	*uɸornertisī	*?	*uɸornertisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸornertyūs	*?	*uɸornertyoses
vocative	*uɸornertyūs	*?	*uɸornertyoses
accusative	*uɸornertyosam	*?	*uɸornertyosams
genitive	*uɸornertisos	*?	*uɸornertisom
dative	*uɸornertisei	*?	*uɸornertisbos
instrumental	*uɸornertisī	*?	*uɸornertisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸornertis	*?	*?
vocative	*uɸornertis	*?	*?
accusative	*uɸornertis	*?	*?
genitive	*uɸornertisos	*?	*uɸornertisom
dative	*uɸornertisei	*?	*uɸornertisbos
instrumental	*uɸornertisī	*?	*uɸornertisbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gwurnerθ
  • Middle Welsh: gwrnerth
    • Welsh: gwrnerth, gornerth
• Old Irish: fornert (“superior power”)
  • Middle Irish: fornert

Further reading

• Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 59