Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yarā
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from earlier *ɸiɸeros, from a Proto-Indo-European root *pip- that would also be the source of Latin pīpiō (“to chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Ultimately of imitative origin either way.
Noun edit
*yarā f[1]
Declension edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *yarā | *yarai | *yarās |
vocative | *yarā | *yarai | *yarās |
accusative | *yaram | *yarai | *yarāms |
genitive | *yarās | *yarous | *yarom |
dative | *yarāi | *yarābom | *yarābos |
locative | *yarai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *yarābim | *yarābis |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434