Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mori

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Noun

*mori n

  1. sea

Declension

Neuter i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *mori *morī *moryā
vocative *mori *morī *moryā
accusative *mori *morī *moryā
genitive *morois *morois *moryom
dative *morei *moribom *moribos
locative *morei *? *?
instrumental *morī *moribim *moribis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *mor (transferred to o-stems)
    • Old Breton: mor
    • Old Cornish: mor
      • Middle Cornish: mor
    • Middle Welsh: mor
  • Old Irish: muir
  • ⇒ Gaulish: Aremorica (the name for Brittany)
  • →⇒ Vulgar Latin: *morūca

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mori-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
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