Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yarā

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Perhaps from earlier *ɸiɸeros, from a Proto-Indo-European root *pip- that would also be the source of Latin pīpiō (“to chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Ultimately of imitative origin either way.

Noun

*yarā f[1]

hen, chicken

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yarā	*yarai	*yarās
vocative	*yarā	*yarai	*yarās
accusative	*yaram	*yarai	*yarāms
genitive	*yarās	*yarous	*yarom
dative	*yarāi	*yarābom	*yarābos
locative	*yarai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*yarābim	*yarābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: yar
- Old Cornish: yar
  - Cornish: yar
- Old Welsh: iar
  - Middle Welsh: yar
    - Welsh: iâr
⇒? Middle Irish: eirín, eiréne
- Irish: eireog
- Scottish Gaelic: eireag
Gaulish: Iaros (placename)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 434

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 434