Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beros

This Proto-Celtic 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.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From *bereti (“to carry, bear; flow”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*beros m[1]

bearer, carrier
flow

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*beros	*berou	*beroi
vocative	*bere	*berou	*berūs
accusative	*berom	*berou	*beroms
genitive	*berī	*berous	*berom
dative	*berūi	*berobom	*berobos
locative	*berei	*?	*?
instrumental	*berū	*berobim	*berūis

Derived terms

*adberos
*auberos (“vain”) (+ *aw-)
- Proto-Brythonic: *ọβer
  - Breton: euver
  - Cornish: ufer
  - Middle Welsh: ofer
    - Welsh: ofer
- Old Irish: óbar, úabar
*komberos (“confluence (of rivers)”) (+ *kom-)
- Proto-Brythonic: *komber
  - Middle Breton: kemper
  - Old Welsh: cimer
    - Middle Welsh: cymmer
      - Welsh: cymer
- Old Irish: commar
*lukoberos
- Proto-Brythonic: *lọuβer
  - Breton: lufr
  - Old Welsh: louber
    - Middle Welsh: lleuuer, lleufer

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ber-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ber-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62