Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ordos

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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

Possibly from earlier *orxdo-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erg-dʰh₁o-, composed of *h₃erg- (to perish) + *dʰeh₁- (to do). Also compare Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, hammer), from a different root.

Noun

*ordos m

  1. hammer

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ordos *ordou *ordoi
vocative *orde *ordou *ordūs
accusative *ordom *ordou *ordoms
genitive *ordī *ordous *ordom
dative *ordūi *ordobom *ordobos
locative *ordei *? *?
instrumental *ordū *ordobim *ordūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *orð
  • Old Irish: ord
  • Latin: Ordovices

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ordo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 300