Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adberos

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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

Etymology

Prefixed with *ad- (to, at, towards). See *komberos for further etymology and related terms.

Noun

*adberos m[1]

  1. mouth, confluence (of a river)

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *adberos *adberou *adberoi
vocative *adbere *adberou *adberūs
accusative *adberom *adberou *adberoms
genitive *adberī *adberous *adberom
dative *adberūi *adberobom *adberobos
locative *adberei *? *?
instrumental *adberū *adberobim *adberūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aber
    • Old Breton: aperou pl (possibly borrowed from Old Welsh[2])
    • Old Cornish: aber
    • Old Welsh: aper
  • Old Irish:
    • Irish: abar
    • Scottish Gaelic: abar, obar (possibly via Pictish)
  • Pictish: *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (*aber)
  • Latin: Averius

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*ad-ber-o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Fleuriot, Léon, Evans, Claude (1985) A Dictionary of Old Breton – Dictionnaire du vieux breton: Historical and Comparative (in French), Toronto: Prepcorp, page 69
  3. ^ Aveiro”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024