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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aros
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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 *h₂erh₃-o- (“ploughing”), from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *ara, *owom (compare Latin arvum (“ploughed land”)), Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura, “sowing-land”), Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvarā, “field yielding crop”). Related to Proto-Celtic *aryeti (“to plough”), *arawar (“cereal, grain”).
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *aros | *arou | *aroi |
| vocative | *are | *arou | *arūs |
| accusative | *arom | *arou | *aroms |
| genitive | *arī | *arous | *arom |
| dative | *arūi | *arobom | *arobos |
| locative | *arei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *arū | *arobim | *arūis |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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