Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yorkos

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 *york- (compare Ancient Greek ζόρξ (zórx)).

Noun

*yorkos m

  1. roebuck

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *yorkos *yorkou *yorkoi
vocative *yorke *yorkou *yorkoi
accusative *yorkom *yorkou *yorkons
genitive *yorkī *yorkous *yorkom
dative *yorkūi *yorkobom *yorkobos
locative *yorkei *? *?
instrumental *yorkū *yorkobim *yorkūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *jorx
    • Old Breton: iorch
      • Middle Breton: yourch
        • Breton: yourc'h
    • Old Cornish: yorch
      • Cornish: yorgh
    • Middle Welsh: iwrch
  • Gaulish: iorkos
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