Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/webrus

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

No etymology assigned by Delamarre nor the GPC.

Stifter posits a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus with an assumed base meaning "light brown" and dissimilation of the initial consonant.^[1] However, that word generally means "beaver" elsewhere in Indo-European and the meaning "beaver" also appears in Celtic as *bibrus.

Noun

*webrus gender unattested^[2]^[3]^[4]

amber

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*webrus	*webrū	*webrowes
vocative	*webru	*webrū	*webrūs
accusative	*webrum	*webrū	*webruns
genitive	*webrous	*webrous	*webrowom
dative	*webrou	*webrubom	*webrubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*webrū	*webrubim	*webrubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gweβr
- Middle Welsh: guefr, gwevr
  - Welsh: gwefr
Gaulish: *uebrus
- → Latin: Vebrus, Vebrullus
- ⇒ Gaulish: Ουηβρουμαρος (Ouēbroumaros)

References

^ Stifter, David (18 September 2019) “An apple a day ...”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 124, number 1, pages 172-218
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uebru-”, in 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, page 309
^ John Koch, editor (2006), “Proto-Celtic industries (technologies and techniques)”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1467
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwefr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[Stifter-1] Stifter, David (18 September 2019) “An apple a day ...”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 124, number 1, pages 172-218

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uebru-”, in 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, page 309

[3] John Koch, editor (2006), “Proto-Celtic industries (technologies and techniques)”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1467

[4] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwefr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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