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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gargos
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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
Likely of expressive/onomatopoeic origin. Compared to Proto-Slavic *groza (“horror”), Ancient Greek γοργός (gorgós, “rough, frightsome”), Old Armenian կարծր (karcr, “hard”), which could be related or just similarities.
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargos | *gargou | *gargoi |
| vocative | *garge | *gargou | *gargūs |
| accusative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargoms |
| genitive | *gargī | *gargous | *gargom |
| dative | *gargūi | *gargobom | *gargobos |
| instrumental | *gargū | *gargobim | *gargobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargā | *gargai | *gargās |
| vocative | *gargā | *gargai | *gargās |
| accusative | *gargam | *gargai | *gargams |
| genitive | *gargās | *gargous | *gargom |
| dative | *gargai | *gargābom | *gargābos |
| instrumental | *? | *gargābim | *gargābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargā |
| vocative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargā |
| accusative | *gargom | *gargou | *gargā |
| genitive | *gargī | *gargous | *gargom |
| dative | *gargūi | *gargobom | *gargobos |
| instrumental | *gargū | *gargobim | *gargobis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: garg
- Gaulish: Gargenus (placename)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gargo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
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