Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ārū

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₂r-ō ~ *h₂h₂r̥-nés, from *h₂eh₂r- (kidney). Cognate with Latin rēn (kidney).

Noun edit

*ārū f[1]

  1. kidney

Declension edit

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ārū *arene *arenes
vocative *ārū *arene *arenes
accusative *arenam *arene *arenams
genitive *arenos *arenou *arenom
dative *arenei *arenobom *arenobos
locative *areni
instrumental *arene? *arenobim *arenobis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aren
    • Middle Welsh: arenn
  • Old Irish: áru

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*āron-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42:Nom. sg. *arū / Gen. sg. *aron-os, or *aren-os