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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/birros
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown. According to Matasović, likely a substrate word.
Adjective
*birros
- short
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *birros | *birrou | *birroi |
| vocative | *birre | *birrou | *birrūs |
| accusative | *birrom | *birrou | *birroms |
| genitive | *birrī | *birrous | *birrom |
| dative | *birrūi | *birrobom | *birrobos |
| instrumental | *birrū | *birrobim | *birrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *birrā | *birrai | *birrās |
| vocative | *birrā | *birrai | *birrās |
| accusative | *birram | *birrai | *birrams |
| genitive | *birrās | *birrous | *birrom |
| dative | *birrai | *birrābom | *birrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *birrābim | *birrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *birrom | *birrou | *birrā |
| vocative | *birrom | *birrou | *birrā |
| accusative | *birrom | *birrou | *birrā |
| genitive | *birrī | *birrous | *birrom |
| dative | *birrūi | *birrobom | *birrobos |
| instrumental | *birrū | *birrobim | *birrobis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *bɨrr
- Old Breton: berr
- Middle Breton: berr
- Breton: berr
- Middle Breton: berr
- Cornish: berr
- Middle Welsh: byrr
- Welsh: byr
- Old Breton: berr
- Old Irish: berr
- Gaulish: *birros
- → Latin: birrus (see there for further descendants)
- → Ancient Greek: βίρρος (bírrhos)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “birro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 66 and 441