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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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éry-o-s (host), perhaps from an original *yo-stem. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *arjaz (distinguished, esteemed), Sanskrit आर्य (ārya, kind, hospitable).

Noun

*aryos m

  1. freeman, noble

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aryos *aryou *aryoi
vocative *arye *aryou *aryoi
accusative *aryom *aryou *aryons
genitive *aryī *aryous *aryom
dative *aryūi *aryobom *aryobos
locative *aryei *? *?
instrumental *aryū *aryobim *aryūis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: aire
  • Gaulish: arios

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43:*h₂ery-o- 'host'
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 24
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “arios”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 55