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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; presumably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate source since there are no cognates outside Celtic.[1]
Adjective
*gurmos
- dun, dark, blue
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurmos
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*gurmou
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*gurmoi
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| vocative
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*gurme
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*gurmou
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*gurmoi
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| accusative
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*gurmom
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*gurmou
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*gurmons
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| genitive
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*gurmī
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*gurmous
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*gurmom
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| dative
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*gurmūi
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*gurmobom
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*gurmobos
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| instrumental
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*gurmū
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*gurmobim
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*gurmobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurmā
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*gurmai
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*gurmās
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| vocative
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*gurmā
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*gurmai
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*gurmās
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| accusative
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*gurmam
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*gurmai
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*gurmans
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| genitive
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*gurmās
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*gurmous
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*gurmom
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| dative
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*gurmai
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*gurmābom
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*gurmābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*gurmābim
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*gurmābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurmom
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*gurmou
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*gurmā
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| vocative
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*gurmom
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*gurmou
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*gurmā
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| accusative
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*gurmom
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*gurmou
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*gurmā
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| genitive
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*gurmī
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*gurmous
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*gurmom
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| dative
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*gurmūi
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*gurmobom
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*gurmobos
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| instrumental
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*gurmū
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*gurmobim
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*gurmobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurmyūs
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*?
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*gurmyoses
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| vocative
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*gurmyūs
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*?
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*gurmyoses
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| accusative
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*gurmyosam
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*?
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*gurmyosans
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| genitive
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*gurmisos
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*?
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*gurmisom
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| dative
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*gurmisei
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*?
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*gurmisbos
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| instrumental
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*gurmisī
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*?
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*gurmisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurmyūs
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*?
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*gurmyoses
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| vocative
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*gurmyūs
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*?
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*gurmyoses
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| accusative
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*gurmyosam
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*?
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*gurmyosans
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| genitive
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*gurmisos
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*?
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*gurmisom
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| dative
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*gurmisei
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*?
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*gurmisbos
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| instrumental
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*gurmisī
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*?
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*gurmisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurmis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*gurmis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*gurmis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*gurmisos
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*?
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*gurmisom
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| dative
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*gurmisei
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*?
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*gurmisbos
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| instrumental
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*gurmisī
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*?
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*gurmisbis
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Descendants
- Brythonic: *gurm
- Old Breton: Uurm-haelon (literally “with dark brows”)
- Cornish: gorm
- Welsh: gwrm
- Middle Irish: gorm
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
See also