Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ekʷoreid-
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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
From *ekʷos (“horse”) + *reidom (“ride”).
Noun
*ekʷoreid- gender unattested
Descendants
- Middle Irish: echrad f (“yoked pair of steeds”)
- Classical Gaelic: echradh
- ⇒ Gaulish: *eporēdiā
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Eporēdorīx
- → Latin: Eporēdorīx
References
- ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 473
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “eporedo-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 163