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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Derived by Kroonen from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).[1] Cognate with Germanic *spurą.
Noun
*sɸer- f
- heel
- Synonym: *stātlā
Declension
Two stem formations are found for this word: an ā-stem in Brittonic and a consonant-stem in Goidelic.[2] Matasović's labelling of the Goidelic words as ā-stems[3] is misleading.
| Feminine ā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*sɸerā
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*sɸerai
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*sɸerās
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| vocative
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*sɸerā
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*sɸerai
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*sɸerās
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| accusative
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*sɸeram
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*sɸerai
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*sɸerāms
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| genitive
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*sɸerās
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*sɸerous
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*sɸerom
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| dative
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*sɸerāi
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*sɸerābom
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*sɸerābos
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| locative
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*sɸerai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*sɸerābim
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*sɸerābis
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| Masculine/feminine consonant stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*sɸerets
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*sɸerete
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*sɸeretes
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| vocative
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*sɸerets
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*sɸerete
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*sɸeretes
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| accusative
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*sɸeretam
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*sɸerete
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*sɸeretams
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| genitive
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*sɸeretos
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*sɸeretou
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*sɸeretom
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| dative
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*sɸeretei
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*sɸeretobom
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*sɸeretobos
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| locative
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*sɸereti
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—
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—
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| instrumental
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*sɸerete?
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*sɸeretobim
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*sɸeretobis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spurnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 59
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sferā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
