Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aryos

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éry-o-s (host), perhaps from an original *yo-stem. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *arjaz (distinguished, esteemed), Sanskrit आर्य (ārya, kind, hospitable).[1][2]

Noun edit

*aryos m[1]

  1. freeman, noble

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aryos *aryou *aryoi
vocative *arye *aryou *aryūs
accusative *aryom *aryou *aryoms
genitive *aryī *aryous *aryom
dative *aryūi *aryobom *aryobos
locative *aryei *? *?
instrumental *aryū *aryobim *aryūis

Descendants edit

  • Old Irish: aire
  • Gaulish: arios[3]

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43:*h₂ery-o- 'host'
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 24
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “arios”, in 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 55