Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bebrus

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 *bʰébʰrus

Noun

*bebrus m[1]

  1. beaver

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bebros *bebrou *bebroi
vocative *bebre *bebrou *bebroi
accusative *bebrom *bebrou *bebrons
genitive *bebrī *bebrous *bebrom
dative *bebrūi *bebrobom *bebrobos
locative *bebrei *? *?
instrumental *bebrū *bebrobim *bebrūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: Bibar
  • Gaulish: *bebros

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “bebru-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 59
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