Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klārom

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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

May be related to Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros);[1] see there for discussion.

Noun

*klārom n

  1. plank, board

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *klārom *klārou *klārā
vocative *klārom *klārou *klārā
accusative *klārom *klārou *klārā
genitive *klārī *klārous *klārom
dative *klārūi *klārobom *klārobos
locative *klārei *? *?
instrumental *klārū *klārobim *klārūis

Reconstruction notes

  • Old Irish clár is ambiguously marked as both a masculine and neuter o-stem in DIL. However, clár ndara "oak plank" in Críth Gablach implies neuter gender.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *klọr
    • Breton: kleur
    • Old Welsh: claur
  • Old Irish: clár

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klāro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 206