Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸer-
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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
editEtymology
editDerived by Kroonen from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).[1] Cognate with Germanic *spurą.
Noun
edit*sɸer- f
Declension
editTwo stem formations are found for this word: an ā-stem in Brittonic and a consonant-stem in Goidelic.[2] Matasović's labelling of the Goidelic words as ā-stems[3] is misleading.
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sɸerā | *sɸerai | *sɸerās |
| vocative | *sɸerā | *sɸerai | *sɸerās |
| accusative | *sɸeram | *sɸerai | *sɸerāms |
| genitive | *sɸerās | *sɸerous | *sɸerom |
| dative | *sɸerāi | *sɸerābom | *sɸerābos |
| locative | *sɸerai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *sɸerābim | *sɸerābis |
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sɸerets | *sɸerete | *sɸeretes |
| vocative | *sɸerets | *sɸerete | *sɸeretes |
| accusative | *sɸeretam | *sɸerete | *sɸeretams |
| genitive | *sɸeretos | *sɸeretou | *sɸeretom |
| dative | *sɸeretei | *sɸeretobom | *sɸeretobos |
| locative | *sɸereti | — | — |
| instrumental | *sɸerete? | *sɸeretobim | *sɸeretobis |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spurnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 59
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sferā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333