Reconstruction:Gaulish/srogna

This Gaulish 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.

Gaulish

Alternative forms

• *frognā

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srognā.

Noun

srognā f

1. a nose
2. a nostril

Declension

    declension of Gaulish/srogna (Transalpine)

Case Singular Plural Nominative srognā srognās Vocative srognā srognās Accusative srognan1, srognim2 srognās Genitive srognās1, srogniās2 srognanom Dative srognī srognābo Instrumental srognia1, srognī2 srognābi Locative srognī srognābo 1 early forms, 2 late forms

Descendants

• → Old French: froigner, frogner
  • → Middle English: frounen
    • English: frown
  • ⇒ Old French: enfrogner
    • → Catalan: enfurrunyar
    • → Galician: enfurruñar
    • → Spanish: enfurruñar

References

• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 281
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352