Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beru

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru (“spit, spear”).

Noun

*beru n[1]

(cooking) spit

Declension

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*beru	*berū	*berwā
vocative	*beru	*berū	*berwā
accusative	*beru	*berū	*berwā
genitive	*berous	*berous	*berowom
dative	*berou	*berubom	*berubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*berū	*berubim	*berubis

Descendants

Brythonic: *ber
- Middle Breton: ber
  - Breton: ber
- Old Cornish: ber
  - Cornish: ber
- Middle Welsh: ber
  - Welsh: ber
Old Irish: bir, biur (“spear, spit”)
- Irish: bior
- Scottish Gaelic: bior

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62