Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yarā

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Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Perhaps from earlier *ɸiɸeros, from a Proto-Indo-European root *pip- that would also be the source of Latin pīpiō (to chirp) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, kind of bird). Ultimately of imitative origin either way.

Noun

*yarā f

  1. hen, chicken

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *yarā *yarai *yarās
vocative *yarā *yarai *yarās
accusative *yaram *yarai *yarāms
genitive *yarās *yarous *yarom
dative *yarāi *yarābom *yarābos
locative *yarai *? *?
instrumental *? *yarābim *yarābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • ? Middle Irish: eirín, eiréne
  • Gaulish: Iaros (placename)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434