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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swerwos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ache”).
Adjective
*swerwos
- bitter
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swerwos | *swerwou | *swerwoi |
| vocative | *swerwe | *swerwou | *swerwūs |
| accusative | *swerwom | *swerwou | *swerwūs |
| genitive | *swerwī | *swerwous | *swerwom |
| dative | *swerwūi | *swerwobom | *swerwobos |
| instrumental | *swerwū | *swerwobim | *swerwobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swerwā | *swerwai | *swerwās |
| vocative | *swerwā | *swerwai | *swerwās |
| accusative | *swerwam | *swerwai | *swerwās |
| genitive | *swerwās | *swerwous | *swerwom |
| dative | *swerwai | *swerwābom | *swerwābos |
| instrumental | *? | *swerwābim | *swerwābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swerwom | *swerwou | *swerwā |
| vocative | *swerwom | *swerwou | *swerwā |
| accusative | *swerwom | *swerwou | *swerwā |
| genitive | *swerwī | *swerwous | *swerwom |
| dative | *swerwūi | *swerwobom | *swerwobos |
| instrumental | *swerwū | *swerwobim | *swerwobis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *hwerw
- Old Breton: hueru
- Breton: c’houero
- Cornish: wherow
- Middle Welsh: chwerw
- Welsh: chwerw
- Old Breton: hueru
- Old Irish: serb
- Irish: searbh
- Scottish Gaelic: searbh
References
- Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović's Etymological Dictionary of. Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)
- University of Wales Proto-Celtic Wordlist