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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸreswos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *prews-, with metathesis of *-ws- to *-sw-.[1]
Noun
*ɸreswos m
- frost
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸreswos | *ɸreswou | *ɸreswoi |
| vocative | *ɸreswe | *ɸreswou | *ɸreswūs |
| accusative | *ɸreswom | *ɸreswou | *ɸreswoms |
| genitive | *ɸreswī | *ɸreswous | *ɸreswom |
| dative | *ɸreswūi | *ɸreswobom | *ɸreswobos |
| locative | *ɸreswei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ɸreswū | *ɸreswobim | *ɸreswūis |
Derived terms
- Unsorted:
- Old Irish: réud
- Irish: reo
- Manx: rio
- Scottish Gaelic: reòth
- Old Irish: réud
Descendants
- Brythonic:
- Breton: rev
- Cornish: rew
- Welsh: rhew
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “freswo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 140