Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wersos
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to rise, raise”).[1][2][3]
Adjective
[edit]*wersos (comparative *wersais)
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wersos | *wersou | *wersoi |
| vocative | *werse | *wersou | *wersoi |
| accusative | *wersom | *wersou | *wersons |
| genitive | *wersī | *wersous | *wersom |
| dative | *wersūi | *wersobom | *wersobos |
| instrumental | *wersū | *wersobim | *wersobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wersā | *wersai | *wersās |
| vocative | *wersā | *wersai | *wersās |
| accusative | *wersam | *wersai | *wersans |
| genitive | *wersās | *wersous | *wersom |
| dative | *wersai | *wersābom | *wersābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wersābim | *wersābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wersom | *wersou | *wersā |
| vocative | *wersom | *wersou | *wersā |
| accusative | *wersom | *wersou | *wersā |
| genitive | *wersī | *wersous | *wersom |
| dative | *wersūi | *wersobom | *wersobos |
| instrumental | *wersū | *wersobim | *wersobis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: ferr
- ⇒ Celtiberian: uerzaizokum (family name from a degree of comparison)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[1], volume 3, number 24, , page 13
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2022) “The sibilant sounds of Hispano-Celtic: phonetics, phonology and orthography”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 20, number 1, page 2