Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saɸeros

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 *sap- (“skill”).

Noun

*saɸeros m^[1]^[2]

craftsman

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*saɸeros	*saɸerou	*saɸeroi
vocative	*saɸere	*saɸerou	*saɸerūs
accusative	*saɸerom	*saɸerou	*saɸeroms
genitive	*saɸerī	*saɸerous	*saɸerom
dative	*saɸerūi	*saɸerobom	*saɸerobos
locative	*saɸerei	*?	*?
instrumental	*saɸerū	*saɸerobim	*saɸerūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *saer
- Old Cornish: sair
- Welsh: saer (if not borrowed from Old Irish)
Old Irish: sáer
- Irish: saor
- Manx: seyr
- Scottish Gaelic: saor

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 377
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 377

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “saer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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