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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yarā

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Perhaps from earlier *ɸiɸeros, from a Proto-Indo-European root *pip- that would also be the source of Latin pīpiō (“to chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Ultimately of imitative origin either way.

Noun

*yarā f[1]

  1. hen, chicken

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *yarā *yarai *yarās
vocative *yarā *yarai *yarās
accusative *yaram *yarai *yarāms
genitive *yarās *yarous *yarom
dative *yarāi *yarābom *yarābos
locative *yarai *? *?
instrumental *? *yarābim *yarābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Breton: yar
    • Old Cornish: yar
    • Old Welsh: iar
  • ⇒? Middle Irish: eirín, eiréne
  • Gaulish: Iaros (placename)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
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