Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trebā

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 *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þurpą (English thorp, German Dorf).

Noun

*trebā f

1. dwelling

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trebā	*trebai	*trebās
vocative	*trebā	*trebai	*trebās
accusative	*trebam	*trebai	*trebāms
genitive	*trebās	*trebous	*trebom
dative	*trebāi	*trebābom	*trebābos
locative	*trebai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*trebābim	*trebābis

Derived terms

• *attrebā (“settlement”)

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *treβ
  • Old Breton: treff
    • Breton: trev
  • Middle Welsh: tref
    • Welsh: tref, tre
• Old Irish: treb
  • Irish: treabh, treibh
• Gaulish: *trebā
  • → Old Occitan: trevar (“to inhabit”)
• ⇒ Gaulish: Atrebates