Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bāregos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Either from *bā-rigos (cow-tying) as theorized by Hamp, or from a PIE compound *bʰeh₂-h₃reǵos (light-extending) as theorized by Matasovic who rejects Hamp's theory as semantically far-fetched. If the latter theory is correct, then *bāregos was originally an adjective that referred to dawn.

Noun

*bāregos m

1. morning

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bāregos	*bāregou	*bāregoi
vocative	*bārege	*bāregou	*bāregūs
accusative	*bāregom	*bāregou	*bāregūs
genitive	*bāregī	*bāregous	*bāregom
dative	*bāregūi	*bāregobom	*bāregobos
instrumental	*bāregū	*bāregobim	*bāregobis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *bọreɣ
  • Middle Breton: beure
  • Cornish: bore
  • Welsh: bore
• Old Irish: bárach

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57