Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komberos

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

Prefixed with *kom-.

Usually related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to brew”), but the absence of -w- cannot be satisfactorily explained if that root is the origin. Stifter dismisses such a connection.

Noun

*komberos m

1. A place where river water brews up, such as:
   1. confluence
   2. dam, barrage

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*komberos	*komberou	*komberoi
vocative	*kombere	*komberou	*komberoi
accusative	*komberom	*komberou	*komberoms
genitive	*komberī	*komberous	*komberom
dative	*komberūi	*komberobom	*komberobos
locative	*komberei	*?	*?
instrumental	*komberū	*komberobim	*komberūis

Related terms

• *ad-beros
• *eni-berom
  • Old Irish: inber
    • Middle Irish: inber
      • Irish: inbhear
      • Scottish Gaelic: inbhir
• *to-uxs-beros
  • Old Irish: topur
    • Middle Irish: topar, sopar
      • Irish: tobar
      • Scottish Gaelic: tobar
• *uɸo-berā

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Breton: kember
    • → French: Quimper
  • Old Welsh: cimer
    • Middle Welsh: cimer, kimer
      • Welsh: cymer
• Middle Irish: commar, commor
  • Irish: cumar
  • Scottish Gaelic: comar
• Gaulish: *comberos
  • → Latin: combrus
    • Old French: combre
      • ⇒ Old French: encombrer
        • French: encombrer
        • → Middle English: encombren
          • English: encumber
        • → Middle English: combren
          • English: cumber