Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/artos
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Noun
edit*artos m
- bear (mammal)
Declension
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *artos | *artou | *artoi |
vocative | *arte | *artou | *artūs |
accusative | *artom | *artou | *artoms |
genitive | *artī | *artous | *artom |
dative | *artūi | *artobom | *artobos |
locative | *artei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *artū | *artobim | *artūis |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *arθ
- Old Irish: art (“bear, hero, warrior”)
- Gaulish: *artos
- Noric: 𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄(𐌁𐌖𐌈𐌆) (Arte(budz))
Connection uncertain:
- Basque: hartz
Further reading
edit- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42