Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srognā

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 *sregʰ- (“snore”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”), Old Armenian ռունգն (ṙungn, “nose”). See also Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Noun

*srognā f

1. nose

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*srognā	*srognai	*srognās
vocative	*srognā	*srognai	*srognās
accusative	*srognam	*srognai	*srognāms
genitive	*srognās	*srognous	*srognom
dative	*srognāi	*srognābom	*srognābos
locative	*srognai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*srognābim	*srognābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *froɨn
  • Old Breton: fron
    • Middle Breton: froan, fron
      • Breton: froen (“nostril”)
  • Middle Welsh: ffroen
    • Welsh: ffroen
• Old Irish: srón
  • Irish: srón
  • Manx: stroin
  • Scottish Gaelic: sròn
• Gaulish: *srognā
  • → Old French: froigner, frogner
    • → Middle English: frounen
      • English: frown
    • ⇒ Old French: enfrogner
      • → Catalan: enfurrunyar
      • → Galician: enfurruñar
      • → Spanish: enfurruñar