Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gortos

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

By comparison with Latin hortus and Ancient Greek χόρτος (khórtos), Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos can be mechanically reconstructed.[1]

Matasović goes further and derives that from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), assuming that the t came from the nominative singular of a root noun, where *-s would devoice a preceding consonant, with the *-t- then generalized across its paradigm and thematicized.[2]

Noun

*gortos m

  1. enclosure
  2. field

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gortos *gortou *gortoi
vocative *gorte *gortou *gortoi
accusative *gortom *gortou *gortons
genitive *gortī *gortous *gortom
dative *gortūi *gortobom *gortobos
locative *gortei *? *?
instrumental *gortū *gortobim *gortūis

Derived terms

  • *lubīgortos
  • *bou-gortos
    • Proto-Brythonic: *bʉɣorθ

Descendants

  • Old Irish: gort
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gorθ
    • Old Breton: orth
    • Cornish: gorth
    • Welsh: garth (“hill, enclosure”)
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *gortiā
    • → French: Gorses, Gorze, Gorcy, Lagorce
    • →⇒ Italian: Gorzone
    • → Lombard: gorso
    • → Occitan: (Provençal) gòrsa, (Limousin) gorso

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gorto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 164-165
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