Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/worīnā
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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]A close-looking cognate may exist in Old English wearn (“a multitude”).[1]
- Zimmer speculates a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to swear”), under the notion that those in a troop are sworn to each other. But Matasović finds this difficult to accept, since this root does not have an s-mobile anywhere else in Indo-European.[1]
- Pokorny instead postulates a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch”).[2]
Noun
[edit]*worīnā f
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *worīnā | *worīnai | *worīnās |
| vocative | *worīnā | *worīnai | *worīnās |
| accusative | *worīnam | *worīnai | *worīnāms |
| genitive | *worīnās | *worīnous | *worīnom |
| dative | *worīnāi | *worīnābom | *worīnābos |
| locative | *worīnai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *worīnābim | *worīnābis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]The vowel in Old Irish foirenn is irregular; one would expect *fuirenn with raising of the vowel by the following *ī. It is also plausible to reconstruct *warīnā with the Irish reflexes born from a spontaneous rounding of the first vowel by a labial consonant.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*worīnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uarina”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 307