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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awberos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *aw- + ber-o- (“to carry”).
Adjective
*awberos[1]
- vain
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *awberos | *awberou | *awberoi |
| vocative | *awbere | *awberou | *awberūs |
| accusative | *awberom | *awberou | *awberoms |
| genitive | *awberī | *awberous | *awberom |
| dative | *awberūi | *awberobom | *awberobos |
| instrumental | *awberū | *awberobim | *awberobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *awberā | *awberai | *awberās |
| vocative | *awberā | *awberai | *awberās |
| accusative | *awberam | *awberai | *awberams |
| genitive | *awberās | *awberous | *awberom |
| dative | *awberai | *awberābom | *awberābos |
| instrumental | *? | *awberābim | *awberābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *awberom | *awberou | *awberā |
| vocative | *awberom | *awberou | *awberā |
| accusative | *awberom | *awberou | *awberā |
| genitive | *awberī | *awberous | *awberom |
| dative | *awberūi | *awberobom | *awberobos |
| instrumental | *awberū | *awberobim | *awberobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *ọβer
- Middle Welsh: ofer
- Breton: euver
- Welsh: ofer
- Middle Welsh: ofer
- Old Irish: óbar, úabar
- Middle Irish: úabar
- Irish: uabhar
- Scottish Gaelic: uabhar
- Middle Irish: úabar
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 47