Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sworos

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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 *sworós, an o-grade agent noun from *swer- (to wound).[1]

Noun

*sworos m

  1. louse

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sworos *sworou *sworoi
vocative *swore *sworou *sworoi
accusative *sworom *sworou *sworoms
genitive *sworī *sworous *sworom
dative *sworūi *sworobom *sworobos
locative *sworei *? *?
instrumental *sworū *sworobim *sworūis

Descendants

  • Brittonic:
    • Middle Welsh: hor
  • Goidelic:

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sworo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365