Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabros

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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 Proto-Indo-European *kápros (male hooved animal).

The change from p to b is phonologically regular in Proto-Celtic in this position, but the change from k to g is unexpected. There may have been conflation with the *gʰayd- that underlies Proto-Germanic *gaits and Latin haedus, as this would have given *gaid- in Proto-Celtic. However, there is no evidence for *gaid- itself in Celtic.[1]

Noun

*gabros m

  1. goat
    Synonym: *bukkos

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gabros *gabrou *gabroi
vocative *gabre *gabrou *gabroi
accusative *gabrom *gabrou *gabroms
genitive *gabrī *gabrous *gabrom
dative *gabrūi *gabrobom *gabrobos
locative *gabrei *? *?
instrumental *gabrū *gabrobim *gabrūis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 148