Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabros

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 *kápros (“male hooved animal”).

The change from p to b is phonologically regular in Proto-Celtic in this position, but the change from k to g is unexpected. There may have been conflation with the *gʰayd- that underlies Proto-Germanic *gaits and Latin haedus, as this would have given *gaid- in Proto-Celtic. However, there is no evidence for *gaid- itself in Celtic.

Noun

*gabros m

1. goat

   Synonym: *bukkos

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gabros	*gabrou	*gabroi
vocative	*gabre	*gabrou	*gabroi
accusative	*gabrom	*gabrou	*gabrons
genitive	*gabrī	*gabrous	*gabrom
dative	*gabrūi	*gabrobom	*gabrobos
locative	*gabrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*gabrū	*gabrobim	*gabrūis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *gaβr
  • Old Breton: gabr
    • Breton: gaor, gavr
  • Old Cornish: gauar
    • Cornish: gaver
  • Middle Welsh: gauar
    • Welsh: gafr
• Gaulish: Gabrus, Gabro-(magus)
  • → French: garron (dialectal)
  • → Portuguese: gabre
• Old Irish: gabor
  • Irish: gabhar
  • Manx: goayr
  • Scottish Gaelic: gobhar