Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karros

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 *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”).[1]

    Noun

    *karros m[1]

    1. wagon

    Declension

    Masculine o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *karros *karrou *karroi
    vocative *karre *karrou *karroi
    accusative *karrom *karrou *karrons
    genitive *karrī *karrous *karrom
    dative *karrūi *karrobom *karrobos
    locative *karrei *? *?
    instrumental *karrū *karrobim *karrūis

    Descendants

    • Brythonic: *karr
      • Old Breton: carr
      • Cornish: karr
      • Middle Welsh: carr
    • Old Irish: carr
    • Gaulish: karró-, *karros
      • → Latin: carrus, carra (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*karro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 191-2
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