Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agrinyos

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 a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (“berry”), similar in form to Proto-Germanic *akraną (“small fruit of a tree”). Cognate with Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), English acorn, Lithuanian uoga (“berry”), etc.

Noun

*agrinyos m

  1. sloe, plum, berry

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *agrinyos *agrinyou *agrinyoi
vocative *agrinye *agrinyou *agrinyoi
accusative *agrinyom *agrinyou *agrinyons
genitive *agrinyī *agrinyous *agrinyom
dative *agrinyūi *agrinyobom *agrinyobos
locative *agrinyei *? *?
instrumental *agrinyū *agrinyobim *agrinyūis

Descendants

  • Primitive Irish:
    • Old Irish: áirne
      • Irish: airne (“sloe, gland”)
      • Manx: airn (“sloe, bullace”)
      • Scottish Gaelic: àirne (“sloe, blackthorn”)
  • Brythonic: ("plum")
  • Hispano-Iberian:
    • →? Catalan: aranyó (“sloe”)
    • →? Spanish: arañón (“sloe”)
    • →? Occitan: agreno, aranhon, aragnou, agragnou (“sloe”)
    • →? Proto-Basque: *araN

Further reading

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