Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aros

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 *h₂erh₃-o- (“ploughing”), from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *ara, *owom (compare Latin arvum (“ploughed land”)), Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, “sowing-land”), Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvarā, “field yielding crop”). Related to Proto-Celtic *aryeti (“to plough”), *arawar (“cereal, grain”).

Noun

*aros m[1]

  1. ploughing, ploughed land

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aros *arou *aroi
vocative *are *arou *aroi
accusative *arom *arou *arons
genitive *arī *arous *arom
dative *arūi *arobom *arobos
locative *arei *? *?
instrumental *arū *arobim *arūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ar
    • Middle Welsh: ar
  • Old Irish: ar

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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