Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷaryos

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 *kʷr̥-yos, from *kʷer- (“bowl, vessel”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hweraz (“kettle”), Sanskrit चरु (carú, “kettle, pot”), Proto-Slavic *čara (“bowl, mug”).

Noun

*kʷaryos m^[1]

cauldron

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷaryos	*kʷaryou	*kʷaryoi
vocative	*kʷarye	*kʷaryou	*kʷaryoi
accusative	*kʷaryom	*kʷaryou	*kʷaryoms
genitive	*kʷaryī	*kʷaryous	*kʷaryom
dative	*kʷaryūi	*kʷaryobom	*kʷaryobos
locative	*kʷaryei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kʷaryū	*kʷaryobim	*kʷaryūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *pėr
- Old Breton:
  - Breton: per
- Old Cornish: per
- Old Welsh:
  - Middle Welsh: peir
    - Welsh: pair
Old Irish: coire, caire
- Middle Irish: coire
  - Irish: coire
  - Manx: coirrey
  - Scottish Gaelic: coire
Transalpine Gaulish: parios
- ⇒ Transalpine Gaulish: (name of two Celtic tribes in Yorkshire and in the Île-de-France)
  - → Latin: Parisii
- → Vulgar Latin: *parium (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷaryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 175

[Matasovich_1-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷaryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 175

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