Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/barinākos

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 *barinā (“rocky ground”) +‎ *-ākos. The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to elevate”).

Noun

*barinākos m

1. barnacle, limpet

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*barinākos	*barinākou	*barinākoi
vocative	*barināke	*barinākou	*barinākoi
accusative	*barinākom	*barinākou	*barinākoms
genitive	*barinākī	*barinākous	*barinākom
dative	*barinākūi	*barinākobom	*barinākobos
locative	*barinākei	*?	*?
instrumental	*barinākū	*barinākobim	*barinākūis

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: brennik
    • Breton: brennig
  • Cornish: brennik
  • Middle Welsh: brennig
    • Welsh: brennig
• Old Irish: *bairnech
  • Irish: bairneach
  • Manx: baarnagh, barnagh, bayrnagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàirneach
• Gaulish: *barinākā
  • → Medieval Latin: barneca, berneca (see there for further descendants)