Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/berus

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 *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).

Noun

*berus m[1][2]

  1. (geology) spring
  2. stream

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *berus *berū *berowes
vocative *beru *berū *berūs
accusative *berum *berū *beruns
genitive *berous *berous *berowom
dative *berou *berubom *berubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *berū *berubim *berubis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bir (appearing only in glossaries or poetry)
    • Classical Gaelic: bior

References

  1. ^ Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (1993) “Studies in Indo-European Vocabulary”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 98, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 24-39
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*beruro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62
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