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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garwos
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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
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), but Matasović dismisses this as "improbable," instead calling it an "expressive" development of Proto-Indo-European *ǵ-ʰr-wo- related to *gargos (“rough, fierce”).
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwos | *garwou | *garwoi |
| vocative | *garwe | *garwou | *garwoi |
| accusative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwoms |
| genitive | *garwī | *garwous | *garwom |
| dative | *garwūi | *garwobom | *garwobos |
| instrumental | *garwū | *garwobim | *garwobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwā | *garwai | *garwās |
| vocative | *garwā | *garwai | *garwās |
| accusative | *garwam | *garwai | *garwams |
| genitive | *garwās | *garwous | *garwom |
| dative | *garwai | *garwābom | *garwābos |
| instrumental | *? | *garwābim | *garwābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwā |
| vocative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwā |
| accusative | *garwom | *garwou | *garwā |
| genitive | *garwī | *garwous | *garwom |
| dative | *garwūi | *garwobom | *garwobos |
| instrumental | *garwū | *garwobim | *garwobis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
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