Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komberos

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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

Prefixed with *kom-.

Usually related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (to brew),[1][2] but the absence of -w- cannot be satisfactorily explained if that root is the origin. Stifter dismisses such a connection.

Noun

*komberos m

  1. A place where river water brews up, such as:
    1. confluence
    2. dam, barrage

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *komberos *komberou *komberoi
vocative *kombere *komberou *komberoi
accusative *komberom *komberou *komberoms
genitive *komberī *komberous *komberom
dative *komberūi *komberobom *komberobos
locative *komberei *? *?
instrumental *komberū *komberobim *komberūis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “comberos”, in 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, page 122
  2. ^ Stalmaszczyk, Piotr, Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (1993) “Studies in Indo-European Vocabulary”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 98, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 24-39