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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸīweriyū

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

Uncertain; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂werih₂-ō ~ *piHwerih₂-né-s (“something fat, fertile”), from *péyh₂wer-ih₂ ~ pih₂ur-yéh₂-s (“fat, fertile”) +‎ *-ō, from *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”) +‎ *-ih₂.[1][2][3]

Noun

*ɸīweriyū m[4][5]

  1. earth, soil

Declension
Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *awū *awone? *awones
vocative *awū *awone? *awones
accusative *awonam *awone? *awonams
genitive *awonos *awonows? *awonom
dative *awonei *awombom *awombos
locative *awon(i) *? *?
instrumental *awonei *awombim *awombis

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Irish: íriu (“land, earth”)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ǝ)-, pī̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
  2. Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261
  3. Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 95
  4. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīweryon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
  5. Koch, John (2004) “*Φīwerjon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185
  6. The template Template:R:Schrijver:1997 does not use the parameter(s): 
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  7. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 107-108: “*īu̯erii̯ō(n)”
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