Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krūs

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 *kréwh₂s.

Noun

*krūs ?[1][2]

  1. blood

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krūs — —
vocative *krūs — —
accusative *kruwam — —
genitive *kruwos — —
dative *kruwei — —
locative *kruwi — —
instrumental *kruwe? — —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *krow (from the oblique stem)
    • Middle Cornish: crow
      • Cornish: krow
    • Middle Welsh: creu
  • Old Irish: crú (“blood, wound”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krū-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
  2. ^ Joseph, Lionel (1988) “The Inflexion of OIR. Crú”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 39, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 19 January 2023, pages 169–187
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