Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adberos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ad- (“to, at, towards”) +‎ *beros (“bearer; flow”).

Noun

*adberos m[1]

mouth, confluence (of a river)

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*adberos	*adberou	*adberoi
vocative	*adbere	*adberou	*adberūs
accusative	*adberom	*adberou	*adberoms
genitive	*adberī	*adberous	*adberom
dative	*adberūi	*adberobom	*adberobos
instrumental	*adberū	*adberobim	*adberobis

Related terms

*auberos
*komberos

Descendants

Brythonic: *aber
- Old Breton: aperou pl (possibly borrowed from Old Welsh[2])
  - Breton: aber
- Old Cornish: aber
- Old Welsh: aper
  - Middle Welsh: aber
    - Welsh: aber
Old Irish: [Term?]
- Irish: abar
- Scottish Gaelic: abar

References

Koch, John (2004), “*ad-ber-o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Fleuriot, L. (1964) Dictionnaire des gloses en vieux breton [A dictionary of Old Breton] (Collection linguisitque; 62) (in French), Paris: Librairie C. Klinksieck, page 69

[1] Koch, John (2004), “*ad-ber-o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Fleuriot, L. (1964) Dictionnaire des gloses en vieux breton [A dictionary of Old Breton] (Collection linguisitque; 62) (in French), Paris: Librairie C. Klinksieck, page 69