Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸrostos

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 *pró-sth₂-os, a derivative of *steh₂- (“to stand”), the overall semantics being "something standing ahead".[1] The same construction as Sanskrit प्रस्थ (prastha, “plateau”), but probably coined separately in the two languages.[2]

Noun

*ɸrostos m[1][2]

  1. Noun used in the daughter languages to refer to various protruding natural landforms, including:
    1. a wooded height or promontory
    2. moor
    3. (wooded) hill

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸrostos *ɸrostou *ɸrostoi
vocative *ɸroste *ɸrostou *ɸrostoi
accusative *ɸrostom *ɸrostou *ɸrostons
genitive *ɸrostī *ɸrostous *ɸrostom
dative *ɸrostūi *ɸrostobom *ɸrostobos
locative *ɸrostei *? *?
instrumental *ɸrostū *ɸrostobim *ɸrostūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *rros
    • Middle Breton: ros
    • Cornish: ros
    • Middle Welsh: ros
    • Cumbric: *ros
  • Old Irish: ros
    • Irish: ros (“wood”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: ros (“promontory”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 407
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
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