Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸoros

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 *póros, from *per- (“to pass through”) +‎ *-os (thematic result noun suffix).[1]

Noun

*ɸoros m

  1. edge, limit, boundary
  2. shore, coast, bank

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸoros *ɸorou *ɸoroi
vocative *ɸore *ɸorou *ɸoroi
accusative *ɸorom *ɸorou *ɸorons
genitive *ɸorī *ɸorous *ɸorom
dative *ɸorūi *ɸorobom *ɸorobos
locative *ɸorei *? *?
instrumental *ɸorū *ɸorobim *ɸorūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *or
    • Old Breton: orion pl
      • Breton: or
    • Cornish: or
    • Old Welsh: or
      • Middle Welsh: or
  • Old Irish: or

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*foro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
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