Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garanos

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 *gérh₂n-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-.

Noun

*garanos m[1][2][3]

  1. crane, heron

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *garanos *garanou *garanoi
vocative *garane *garanou *garanoi
accusative *garanom *garanou *garanons
genitive *garanī *garanous *garanom
dative *garanūi *garanobom *garanobos
locative *garanei *? *?
instrumental *garanū *garanobim *garanūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *garan
    • Breton: garan
    • Old Cornish: garan
      • → Cornish: garan (semi-learned)
    • Middle Welsh: garan
  • Gaulish: *garanus[4]
    • ⇒ Gaulish: Tarvostrigaranus (Celtic divinity, literally “bull with three cranes”)

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 246: “*ǵerh₂-no-”
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *garano-–151: “*ǵerh₂no-”
  4. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “garanus”, 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 175
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