Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ruts
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editRoot noun from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).[1]
Noun
edit*ruts m
- red colour
- madder (Rubia tinctorum)
Inflection
editMasculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *ruts | *rude | *rudes |
vocative | *ruts | *rude | *rudes |
accusative | *rudam | *rude | *rudans |
genitive | *rudos | *rudou | *rudom |
dative | *rudei | *rudobom | *rudobos |
locative | *rudi | — | — |
instrumental | *rude? | *rudobim | *rudobis |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old Irish: rú (“madder, a plant from which red dye is produced”)
References
edit- ^ Stifter, David (1998) “Study in Red”, in Die Sprache, volume 40, Harrassowitz Verlag, page 207