Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gortos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
By comparison with Latin hortus and Ancient Greek χόρτος (khórtos), Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰórtos can be mechanically reconstructed.[1]
Matasović goes further and derives that from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), assuming that the t came from the nominative singular of a root noun, where *-s would devoice a preceding consonant, with the *-t- then generalized across its paradigm and thematicized.[2]
Noun
*gortos m
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gortos | *gortou | *gortoi |
| vocative | *gorte | *gortou | *gortoi |
| accusative | *gortom | *gortou | *gortoms |
| genitive | *gortī | *gortous | *gortom |
| dative | *gortūi | *gortobom | *gortobos |
| locative | *gortei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *gortū | *gortobim | *gortūis |
Derived terms
- *lubīgortos
- *bou-gortos
Descendants
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gorto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 164-165