Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ordos

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

Possibly from earlier *orxdo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-dʰh₁o-, composed of *h₃erg- (“to perish”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do”). Also compare Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”), from a different root.

Noun

*ordos m

1. hammer

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ordos	*ordou	*ordoi
vocative	*orde	*ordou	*ordūs
accusative	*ordom	*ordou	*ordoms
genitive	*ordī	*ordous	*ordom
dative	*ordūi	*ordobom	*ordobos
locative	*ordei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ordū	*ordobim	*ordūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *orð
  • Old Breton: ord
    • Breton: orz
  • Old Welsh: ord
    • Middle Welsh: orð
    • Welsh: gordd
• Old Irish: ord
  • Irish: ord
• → Latin: Ordovices