Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/barinākos

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 *barinā (“rocky ground”) +‎ *-ākos. The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to elevate”).^[1]

Noun edit

*barinākos m

barnacle, limpet

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*barinākos	*barinākou	*barinākoi
vocative	*barināke	*barinākou	*barinākūs
accusative	*barinākom	*barinākou	*barinākoms
genitive	*barinākī	*barinākous	*barinākom
dative	*barinākūi	*barinākobom	*barinākobos
locative	*barinākei	*?	*?
instrumental	*barinākū	*barinākobim	*barinākūis

Descendants edit

Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: brennik
  - Breton: brennig
- Cornish: brennik
- Middle Welsh: brennig
  - Welsh: brennig
Old Irish: *bairnech
- Irish: bairneach
- Manx: baarnagh, barnagh, bayrnagh
- Scottish Gaelic: bàirneach
Gaulish: *barinākā
- → Medieval Latin: barneca, berneca (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “barina”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57

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