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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bāregos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Either from *bā-rigos (“cow-tying”) (*bāus + *rigos) as theorized by Hamp, or from a Proto-Indo-European compound *bʰeh₂-h₃reǵos (“light-extending”), from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”) and *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten”), as theorized by Matasovic who rejects Hamp's theory as semantically far-fetched. If the latter theory is correct, then *bāregos was originally an adjective that referred to dawn.
Noun
*bāregos m
- morning
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *bāregos | *bāregou | *bāregoi |
vocative | *bārege | *bāregou | *bāregūs |
accusative | *bāregom | *bāregou | *bāregoms |
genitive | *bāregī | *bāregous | *bāregom |
dative | *bāregūi | *bāregobom | *bāregobos |
locative | *bāregei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *bāregū | *bāregobim | *bāregūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *bọreɣ
- Middle Breton: beure
- Breton: beure
- Middle Welsh: bore
- Welsh: bore
- → Cornish: bore
- Welsh: bore
- Middle Breton: beure
- Old Irish: bárach
- ⇒ Old Irish: i mbárach
- Irish: amárach
- Manx: mairagh
- Scottish Gaelic: a-màireach
- ⇒ Old Irish: i mbárach
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 57