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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sterkā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“to love”). Cognate to Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love”). Matasović notes that the disparity of voicing of the final root consonants can be resolved by assuming a back-formation from a consonant stem because the nominative *-xs can be used by both stems in *-k and *-g.
Noun
*sterkā f
- love
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sterkā | *sterkai | *sterkās |
| vocative | *sterkā | *sterkai | *sterkās |
| accusative | *sterkam | *sterkai | *sterkāms |
| genitive | *sterkās | *sterkous | *sterkom |
| dative | *sterkāi | *sterkābom | *sterkābos |
| locative | *sterkai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *sterkābim | *sterkābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *serx
- Breton: serc'h f (“concubine, mistress”)
- Welsh: serch m
- Old Irish: serc f
- Irish: searc
- Scottish Gaelic: seirc
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 355