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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/grāwā
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”), Old Armenian կորկոտ (korkot, “groats of wheat”), Lithuanian grū́das (“grain”), Latvian grauds (“grain”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “heap”).
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *grāwā | *grāwai | *grāwās |
| vocative | *grāwā | *grāwai | *grāwās |
| accusative | *grāwam | *grāwai | *grāwāms |
| genitive | *grāwās | *grāwous | *grāwom |
| dative | *grāwāi | *grāwābom | *grāwābos |
| locative | *grāwai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *grāwābim | *grāwābis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *grọw
- Gaulish: *grawa, *growa
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
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