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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/berwos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, brew”).[1]
Noun
*berwos m[1]
- stew
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *berwos | *berwou | *berwoi |
| vocative | *berwe | *berwou | *berwūs |
| accusative | *berwom | *berwou | *berwoms |
| genitive | *berwī | *berwous | *berwom |
| dative | *berwūi | *berwobom | *berwobos |
| locative | *berwei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *berwū | *berwobim | *berwūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *berw
- Middle Breton: beru
- Breton: berv
- Middle Welsh: berw
- Welsh: berw
- Middle Breton: beru
Derived terms
- Proto-Celtic: *berwāti, *berwīti
- Proto-Brythonic: *berwid
- Breton: berwiñ
- Welsh: berwi
- Old Irish: berbaid
- ⇒ Middle Irish: beirbigid
- Irish: beirigh
- ⇒ Middle Irish: beirbigid
- Proto-Brythonic: *berwid
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*berwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 63