Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸoros

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *póros, from *per- (to pass through) +‎ *-os (thematic result noun suffix).[1]

Noun edit

*ɸoros m

  1. edge, limit, boundary
  2. shore, coast, bank

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸoros *ɸorou *ɸoroi
vocative *ɸore *ɸorou *ɸorūs
accusative *ɸorom *ɸorou *ɸoroms
genitive *ɸorī *ɸorous *ɸorom
dative *ɸorūi *ɸorobom *ɸorobos
locative *ɸorei *? *?
instrumental *ɸorū *ɸorobim *ɸorūis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *or
    • Old Breton: orion pl
      • Breton: or
    • Cornish: or
    • Old Welsh: or
      • Middle Welsh: or
  • Old Irish: or

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*foro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137