Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/grāwā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”), Old Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat”), Lithuanian grū́das (“grain”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “heap”).

Noun

*grāwā f

gravel, pebbles

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grāwā	*grāwai	*grāwās
vocative	*grāwā	*grāwai	*grāwās
accusative	*grāwam	*grāwai	*grāwās
genitive	*grāwās	*grāwous	*grāwom
dative	*grāwai	*grāwābom	*grāwābos
instrumental	*?	*grāwābim	*grāwābis

Descendants

Brythonic: *grọw
- Middle Breton: grouanenn
  - Breton: groa, gro, grouan
    - English: growan
- Old Cornish: grou
  - Cornish: grow
- Welsh: gro
Gaulish: *grawa, *growa
- Old French: groe
  - Middle French: groe
- Middle Latin: grava
  - Old French: greve, grave
    - Middle French: greve
      - French: grève
    - Old French: gravele, gravel, gravelle
      - Middle French: gravelle, gravele
      - Middle English: grauel
        English: gravel