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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃-wr̥ ~ *h₂r̥h₃-wén-s, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).[1]
Noun
*arwar n[2]
- grain
Inflection
| Neuter n-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*arwar
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*arwane?
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*arwana
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| vocative
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*arwar
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*arwane?
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*arwana
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| accusative
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*arwar
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*arwane?
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*arwana
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| genitive
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*arwens
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*arwenous?
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*arwenom
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| dative
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*arwenei
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*arwembom
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*arwembos
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| locative
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*arwen(i)
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*arwenei
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*arwembim
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*arwembis
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Reconstruction notes
- Matasović's *arawar is wrong, since one would expect the disappearance of *w between two unstressed vowels instead of it surfacing as b.
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: arbor
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arawar”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 40
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
