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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beros
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *bereti (“to carry, bear; flow”) + *-os.
Noun
*beros m[1]
- bearer, carrier
- flow
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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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
- Proto-Brythonic: *ọβer
- *komberos (“confluence (of rivers)”) (+ *kom-)
- Proto-Brythonic: *komber
- Middle Breton: kemper
- Old Welsh: cimer
- Middle Welsh: cymmer
- Welsh: cymer
- Middle Welsh: cymmer
- Old Irish: commar
- Proto-Brythonic: *komber
- *lukoberos
- Proto-Brythonic: *lọuβer
- Breton: lufr
- Old Welsh: louber
- Middle Welsh: lleuuer, lleufer
- Proto-Brythonic: *lọuβer
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ber-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62