Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/birros

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

Unknown. According to Matasović, likely a substrate word.[1]

Adjective

*birros

  1. short

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *birros *birrou *birroi
vocative *birre *birrou *birroi
accusative *birrom *birrou *birrons
genitive *birrī *birrous *birrom
dative *birrūi *birrobom *birrobos
instrumental *birrū *birrobim *birrobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *birrā *birrai *birrās
vocative *birrā *birrai *birrās
accusative *birram *birrai *birrans
genitive *birrās *birrous *birrom
dative *birrai *birrābom *birrābos
instrumental *? *birrābim *birrābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *birrom *birrou *birrā
vocative *birrom *birrou *birrā
accusative *birrom *birrou *birrā
genitive *birrī *birrous *birrom
dative *birrūi *birrobom *birrobos
instrumental *birrū *birrobim *birrobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *birryūs *? *birryoses
vocative *birryūs *? *birryoses
accusative *birryosam *? *birryosans
genitive *birrisos *? *birrisom
dative *birrisei *? *birrisbos
instrumental *birrisī *? *birrisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *birryūs *? *birryoses
vocative *birryūs *? *birryoses
accusative *birryosam *? *birryosans
genitive *birrisos *? *birrisom
dative *birrisei *? *birrisbos
instrumental *birrisī *? *birrisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *birris *? *?
vocative *birris *? *?
accusative *birris *? *?
genitive *birrisos *? *birrisom
dative *birrisei *? *birrisbos
instrumental *birrisī *? *birrisbis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *bɨrr
    • Old Breton: berr
    • Cornish: berr
    • Middle Welsh: byrr
  • Old Irish: berr
  • Gaulish: *birros
    • → Latin: birrus (see there for further descendants)
    • → Ancient Greek: βίρρος (bírrhos)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “birro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 66, 441
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