Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/amarom

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

Unknown; likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.

Noun

*amarom n^[1]

wailing, crying

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*amarom	*amarou	*amarā
vocative	*amarom	*amarou	*amarā
accusative	*amarom	*amarou	*amarā
genitive	*amarī	*amarous	*amarom
dative	*amarūi	*amarobom	*amarobos
locative	*amarei	*?	*?
instrumental	*amarū	*amarobim	*amarūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *aβ̃ar
- Middle Welsh: auar
  - Welsh: afar
Old Irish: amar

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*amaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*amaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

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