Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlārom

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 *pleh₂rom or Proto-Indo-European *ploh₂rom, from *pleh₂- (“to be flat”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *flōraz.^[1]

Noun

*ɸlārom n

floor

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸlārom	*ɸlārou	*ɸlārā
vocative	*ɸlārom	*ɸlārou	*ɸlārā
accusative	*ɸlārom	*ɸlārou	*ɸlārā
genitive	*ɸlārī	*ɸlārous	*ɸlārom
dative	*ɸlārūi	*ɸlārobom	*ɸlārobos
locative	*ɸlārei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸlārū	*ɸlārobim	*ɸlārūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *llọr
- Old Breton: lor
  - Breton: leur
- Old Cornish: lor
  - Cornish: leur
- Old Welsh: laur
  - Middle Welsh: llawr, llaur
    - Welsh: llawr
Old Irish: lár
- Irish: lár
- Manx: laare
- Scottish Gaelic: làr
- ⇒ Middle Irish: urlár, airlár, erlar, irlár, orlár
  - Irish: urlár
  - Scottish Gaelic: ùrlar

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-3

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-3

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