Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stratos

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

Alternative forms

*stratus[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós, From Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, extend, stretch out”). Cognate with Latin strātus, Sanskrit स्तृत (stṛtá) and Ancient Greek στρᾰτός (stratós).

Noun

*stratos m[2]

valley

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stratos	*stratou	*stratoi
vocative	*strate	*stratou	*stratūs
accusative	*stratom	*stratou	*stratoms
genitive	*stratī	*stratous	*stratom
dative	*stratūi	*stratobom	*stratobos
locative	*stratei	*?	*?
instrumental	*stratū	*stratobim	*stratūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: strad
- Cornish: stras
- Old Welsh: Strat
  - Middle Welsh: ystrad
    - Welsh: ystrad
Old Irish: srath
- Scottish Gaelic: srath
  - → English: strath

References

Koch, John (2004), “*stratu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 255
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*strato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[1] Koch, John (2004), “*stratu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 255

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*strato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 357