Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸorkos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“pig”).
Noun
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸorkos | *ɸorkou | *ɸorkoi |
| vocative | *ɸorke | *ɸorkou | *ɸorkūs |
| accusative | *ɸorkom | *ɸorkou | *ɸorkoms |
| genitive | *ɸorkī | *ɸorkous | *ɸorkom |
| dative | *ɸorkūi | *ɸorkobom | *ɸorkobos |
| locative | *ɸorkei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ɸorkū | *ɸorkobim | *ɸorkūis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: orc, orcán
- Gaulish: *orkos[3]
- →? Ancient Greek: Ὀρκάδες (Orkádes)
- →⇒ Old Norse: Orkneyjar
- Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl
- Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Orknøyar f pl; (definite form) Orknøyane, Orknøyarne
- Norwegian Bokmål: Orknøyene m pl or f pl
- Swedish: Orknöarna c pl
- Danish: Ørkenøerne c pl
- → English: Orkney, Orkneys, Orkney Islands
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*forko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*ɸorko-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 253
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “orco-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 246