Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beru

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru (“spit, spear”).

Noun

*beru n

1. (cooking) spit

Declension

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*beru	*berū	*berwā
vocative	*beru	*berū	*berwā
accusative	*beru	*berū	*berwā
genitive	*berous	*berous	*berowom
dative	*berou	*berubom	*berubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*berū	*berubim	*berubis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *ber
  • Middle Breton: ber
    • Breton: ber
  • Old Cornish: ber
    • Cornish: ber
  • Middle Welsh: ber
    • Welsh: bêr
• Old Irish: bir, biur (“spear, spit”)
  • Irish: bior
  • Scottish Gaelic: bior
  • Manx: byr, birr