Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/korets

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

A derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”),[1] more precisely from *kor- (“putting, throwing”) +‎ *-ets (noun-forming suffix), This word would literally mean "[something] put/thrown [together]".

Matasović presumes substrate origin after an unsatisfactory search for other European cognates.[2] He does not consider the possibility of an internal Celtic or Indo-European derivation, despite citing De Bernardo Stempel (who makes one) in his entry.

Noun

*korets f

  1. weir
  2. palisade, wall

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *korets *korete *koretes
vocative *korets *korete *koretes
accusative *koretam *korete *koretans
genitive *koretos *koretou *koretom
dative *koretei *koretobom *koretobos
locative *koreti — —
instrumental *korete? *koretobim *koretobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kored (oblique stem), *kor (nominative)
  • Old Irish: corae
    • Middle Irish: cara
      • Scottish Gaelic: caradh

References

  1. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 165
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koret-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 216
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