Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸorkos

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 Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“pig”).

Noun

*ɸorkos m[1][2]

  1. pork, piglet

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸorkos *ɸorkou *ɸorkoi
vocative *ɸorke *ɸorkou *ɸorkoi
accusative *ɸorkom *ɸorkou *ɸorkons
genitive *ɸorkī *ɸorkous *ɸorkom
dative *ɸorkūi *ɸorkobom *ɸorkobos
locative *ɸorkei *? *?
instrumental *ɸorkū *ɸorkobim *ɸorkūis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: orc
    • Middle Irish: orc
      • Irish: arc
      • Manx: ark
      • Scottish Gaelic: arc
      • ⇒ Irish: arcán, uircín
      • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: arcan, uircean
  • Gaulish: *orkos[3]
  • →? Ancient Greek: Ὀρκάδες (Orkádes)
    • Greek: Ορκάδες (Orkádes)
    • → Latin: Orcades
  • →⇒ Old Norse: Orkneyjar

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*forko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*ɸorko-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 253
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “orco-”, 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 246
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