Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krāb-

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.

Unknown. Matasović is unconvinced by Pokorny's comparison to Sanskrit विश्रम्भते (viśrambhate, “to trust, confide, rely on”) from a putative root *ḱrebʰ-, since the Celtic words would require a peculiar long *ō grade of such a root.^[1]

*krāb- gender unattested

1. devotion, piety
2. religion

• The original stem class of this word cannot be determined due to only derivatives with wildly differing suffixes being attested. Matasović's i-stem reconstruction has no evidence.
• Matasović's claim that the Goidelic forms contain *-i-tus is incorrect, since only o-stem inflection ever existed even in Old Irish. In addition, *-tus attaches to verb stems, not noun stems.
• Koch's reconstruction *krabidus^[2] is mechanical and cannot explain the long á in Goidelic.
• The e in Welsh is due to the influence of credu (“to believe”).

• *krāb-V-tos
  • Old Irish: crábud
    • Middle Irish: crábud
      • Irish: crábhadh
      • Manx: crauee (“religious”)
      • Scottish Gaelic: cràbhadh
• Unsorted terms:
  • ⇒ Middle Welsh: crefyd, crevyd
    • Welsh: crefydd