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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷréh₂us
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *gʷreh₂- + *-us.
Adjective
*gʷréh₂us[1][2]
- heavy
- Antonym: *h₁léngʰus
Inflection
Older proterokinetic pattern:
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *gʷréh₂us | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂ | |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gʷréh₂us | *gʷréh₂uh₁(e) | *gʷréh₂ewes |
| vocative | *gʷréh₂u | *gʷréh₂uh₁(e) | *gʷréh₂ewes |
| accusative | *gʷréh₂um | *gʷréh₂uh₁(e) | *gʷréh₂ums |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwoHom |
| ablative | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úmos |
| dative | *gʷr̥h₂éwey | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úmos |
| locative | *gʷr̥h₂éw, *gʷr̥h₂éwi | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úsu |
| instrumental | *gʷr̥h₂úh₁ | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úmis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂ | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂es |
| vocative | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂ | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂es |
| accusative | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂m̥ | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂s | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂s | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂mos |
| dative | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂ey | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂mos |
| locative | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂, *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂i | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂su |
| instrumental | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂h₁ | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂mis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gʷréh₂u | *gʷréh₂wih₁ | *gʷréh₂uh₂ |
| vocative | *gʷréh₂u | *gʷréh₂wih₁ | *gʷréh₂uh₂ |
| accusative | *gʷréh₂u | *gʷréh₂wih₁ | *gʷréh₂uh₂ |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwoHom |
| ablative | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úmos |
| dative | *gʷr̥h₂éwey | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úmos |
| locative | *gʷr̥h₂éw, *gʷr̥h₂éwi | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úsu |
| instrumental | *gʷr̥h₂úh₁ | *? | *gʷr̥h₂úmis |
Later hysterokinetic pattern:
| Athematic, hysterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *gʷr̥h₂ús | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂ | |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gʷr̥h₂ús | *gʷr̥h₂úh₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂úes |
| vocative | *gʷr̥h₂ú | *gʷr̥h₂úh₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂úes |
| accusative | *gʷr̥h₂úm | *gʷr̥h₂úh₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂úms |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwoHom |
| ablative | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwmos |
| dative | *gʷr̥h₂éwey | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwmos |
| locative | *gʷr̥h₂éw, *gʷr̥h₂éwi | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwsu |
| instrumental | *gʷr̥h₂éwh₁ | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwmis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂ | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂es |
| vocative | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂ | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂es |
| accusative | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂m̥ | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) | *gʷr̥h₂éwih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂s | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂s | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂mos |
| dative | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂ey | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂mos |
| locative | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂, *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂i | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂su |
| instrumental | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂h₁ | *? | *gʷr̥h₂uyéh₂mis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gʷr̥h₂ú | *gʷr̥h₂úyh₁ | *gʷr̥h₂úh₂ |
| vocative | *gʷr̥h₂ú | *gʷr̥h₂úyh₁ | *gʷr̥h₂úh₂ |
| accusative | *gʷr̥h₂ú | *gʷr̥h₂úyh₁ | *gʷr̥h₂úh₂ |
| genitive | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwoHom |
| ablative | *gʷr̥h₂éws | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwmos |
| dative | *gʷr̥h₂éwey | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwmos |
| locative | *gʷr̥h₂éw, *gʷr̥h₂éwi | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwsu |
| instrumental | *gʷr̥h₂éwh₁ | *? | *gʷr̥h₂éwmis |
Derived terms
- *gʷréh₂w-o-s or *gʷr̥h₂w-ó-s[3][4][5][2]
- Proto-Celtic: *bruwos (“quantity, multitude”)[2][6] (perhaps[4])
- Middle Welsh: bryw
- Old Irish: bró
- Proto-Italic: *gʷrawos[5] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *bruwos (“quantity, multitude”)[2][6] (perhaps[4])
- *gʷréh₂w-ō ~ *gʷr̥h₂w-nés (“quern, mill-stone”)
- *gʷruh₂-tó-s[2] (< earlier via laryngeal metathesis *gʷr̥h₂u-tó-s)[7]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Latgalian: gryuts
- Latvian: grūts
- Proto-Italic: *gʷrūtos[7]
- Latin: brūtus (via Sabellic[7])
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- *gʷrih₂-g-
- >? Proto-Celtic: *brīgos (“strength”)
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: bri (“fame, distinction”)
- Old Irish: bríg (“force, power”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Brythonic:
- >? Proto-Celtic: *brīgos (“strength”)
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *kuruz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *gʷarus (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gr̥Húš (see there for further descendants)
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “gu̯er-, gu̯erə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 476-477
- de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 220
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “272”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page gravis
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *bruwo-–82
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page brūtus of 75-76