Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kariyā

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kariyā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *kh₂er- (“blame, abuse”), see also Latin carino (“I blame, revile”), Proto-Slavic *koriti (“to reproach”).[1]

Noun

*kariyā f

1. mistake, sin

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kariyā	*kariyai	*kariyās
vocative	*kariyā	*kariyai	*kariyās
accusative	*kariyam	*kariyai	*kariyāms
genitive	*kariyās	*kariyous	*kariyom
dative	*kariyāi	*kariyābom	*kariyābos
locative	*kariyai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*kariyābim	*kariyābis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *kareð
  • Middle Breton: carez
  • Cornish: cara
  • Old Welsh: cared
    • Middle Welsh: cared, karet
      • Welsh: caredd
• Old Irish: caire
  • Irish: coir
  • Scottish Gaelic: coire

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 192–karya