Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/burros

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

Matasović entertains a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil”) suffixed with *-rós (Caland adjective suffix).^[1] Such a derivation would proceed as *bʰruh₁-rós > *bʰru-rós (Dybo's law shortening) > *bruros > *burros (metathesis).

Adjective

*burros

swollen
fat

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*burros	*burrou	*burroi
vocative	*burre	*burrou	*burroi
accusative	*burrom	*burrou	*burroms
genitive	*burrī	*burrous	*burrom
dative	*burrūi	*burrobom	*burrobos
instrumental	*burrū	*burrobim	*burrobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*burrā	*burrai	*burrās
vocative	*burrā	*burrai	*burrās
accusative	*burram	*burrai	*burrams
genitive	*burrās	*burrous	*burrom
dative	*burrai	*burrābom	*burrābos
instrumental	*?	*burrābim	*burrābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*burrom	*burrou	*burrā
vocative	*burrom	*burrou	*burrā
accusative	*burrom	*burrou	*burrā
genitive	*burrī	*burrous	*burrom
dative	*burrūi	*burrobom	*burrobos
instrumental	*burrū	*burrobim	*burrobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*burryūs	*?	*burryoses
vocative	*burryūs	*?	*burryoses
accusative	*burryosam	*?	*burryosams
genitive	*burrisos	*?	*burrisom
dative	*burrisei	*?	*burrisbos
instrumental	*burrisī	*?	*burrisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*burryūs	*?	*burryoses
vocative	*burryūs	*?	*burryoses
accusative	*burryosam	*?	*burryosams
genitive	*burrisos	*?	*burrisom
dative	*burrisei	*?	*burrisbos
instrumental	*burrisī	*?	*burrisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*burryos	*?	*burryosa?
vocative	*burryos	*?	*burryosa?
accusative	*burryos	*?	*burryosa?
genitive	*burrisos	*?	*burrisom
dative	*burrisei	*?	*burrisbos
instrumental	*burrisī	*?	*burrisbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *burr
- Old Cornish: bor
- Middle Welsh: bwrr
Middle Irish: borr

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*burro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 84

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*burro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 84

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