Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bergā
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editPlausibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry”), similar to Latin fur (“thief”), though the *-gā suffix is unusual.
Noun
edit*bergā f[1]
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *bergā | *bergai | *bergās |
vocative | *bergā | *bergai | *bergās |
accusative | *bergam | *bergai | *bergāms |
genitive | *bergās | *bergous | *bergom |
dative | *bergāi | *bergābom | *bergābos |
locative | *bergai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *bergābim | *bergābis |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bergā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62