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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trebā
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þurpą (English thorp(e), German Dorf).
Noun
*trebā f
- dwelling
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *trebā | *trebai | *trebās |
vocative | *trebā | *trebai | *trebās |
accusative | *trebam | *trebai | *trebās |
genitive | *trebās | *trebous | *trebom |
dative | *trebai | *trebābom | *trebābos |
instrumental | *? | *trebābim | *trebābis |
Derived terms
- *attrebā (“settlement”)
Descendants
- Brythonic: *treβ
- Old Breton: treff
- Breton: trev
- Middle Welsh: tref
- Welsh: tref, tre
- Old Breton: treff
- Old Irish: treb
- Irish: treabh, treibh
- ⇒ Gaulish: Atrebates