Reconstruction:Gaulish/srogna

This Gaulish 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.

Gaulish

Alternative forms

*frognā

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *srognā.

Noun

srognā f

a nose
a nostril

Declension

declension of Gaulish/srogna (Transalpine)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	srognā	srognās
Vocative	srognā	srognās
Accusative	srognan¹, srognim²	srognās
Genitive	srognās¹, srogniās²	srognanom
Dative	srognī	srognābo
Instrumental	srognia¹, srognī²	srognābi
Locative	srognī	srognābo

¹ early forms, ² late forms

Descendants

→ Old French: froigner, frogner
- → Middle English: frounen
  - English: frown
- ⇒ Old French: enfrogner
  - → Catalan: enfurrunyar
  - → Galician: enfurruñar
  - → Spanish: enfurruñar

References

Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 281
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352