Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/barinākos

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 *barinā (“rocky ground”) +‎ *-ākos. The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to elevate”).[1]

Noun

*barinākos m

  1. barnacle, limpet

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *barinākos *barinākou *barinākoi
vocative *barināke *barinākou *barinākoi
accusative *barinākom *barinākou *barinākons
genitive *barinākī *barinākous *barinākom
dative *barinākūi *barinākobom *barinākobos
locative *barinākei *? *?
instrumental *barinākū *barinākobim *barinākūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: brennik
    • Cornish: brennik
    • Middle Welsh: brennig
  • Old Irish: *bairnech
  • Gaulish: *barinākā
    • → Medieval Latin: barneca, berneca (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
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