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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aryos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éry-o-s (“host”), perhaps from an original *yo-stem. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *arjaz (“distinguished, esteemed”), Sanskrit अर्य (arya, “kind, hospitable”).[1][2]
Noun
*aryos m[1]
- freeman, noble
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *aryos | *aryou | *aryoi |
| vocative | *arye | *aryou | *aryūs |
| accusative | *aryom | *aryou | *aryoms |
| genitive | *aryī | *aryous | *aryom |
| dative | *aryūi | *aryobom | *aryobos |
| locative | *aryei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *aryū | *aryobim | *aryūis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: aire
- Irish: aire
- Gaulish: arios[3]
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*aryo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43: “*h₂ery-o- 'host'”
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 24
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “arios”, in 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 55