Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/alnomroxs

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 *alnos (“other”) +‎ *mrogis (“country”, originally an athematic *mroxs), literally “[from] the other country”.[1]

Noun

*alnomroxs f

  1. foreigner

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *alnomroxs *alnomroge *alnomroges
vocative *alnomroxs *alnomroge *alnomroges
accusative *alnomrogam *alnomroge *alnomrogans
genitive *alnomrogos *alnomrogou *alnomrogom
dative *alnomrogei *alnomrogobom *alnomrogobos
locative *alnomrogi — —
instrumental *alnomroge? *alnomrogobim *alnomrogobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *allβroɣ
    • Middle Welsh: allvro
      • Welsh: allfro
  • Gaulish: *allobrox
    • → Latin: Allobroxus, Allobrogēs
    • →⇒ Latin: Allobrogicus

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “allobrog-”, 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 39
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