Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krowos

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

A thematicization of *krūs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Noun edit

*krowos m

  1. blood

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krowos *krowou *krowoi
vocative *krowe *krowou *krowūs
accusative *krowom *krowou *krowoms
genitive *krowī *krowous *krowom
dative *krowūi *krowobom *krowobos
locative *krowei *? *?
instrumental *krowū *krowobim *krowūis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *krow
    • Middle Cornish: crow
    • Middle Welsh: creu
  • Old Irish: cró (violent death, weregild)