Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabros

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 *kápros (“male hooved animal”).

    The change from p to b is phonologically regular in Proto-Celtic in this position, but the change from k to g is unexpected. There may have been conflation with the *gʰayd- that underlies Proto-Germanic *gaits and Latin haedus, as this would have given *gaid- in Proto-Celtic. However, there is no evidence for *gaid- itself in Celtic.[1]

    Noun

    *gabros m

    1. goat
      Synonym: *bukkos

    Inflection

    Masculine o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *gabros *gabrou *gabroi
    vocative *gabre *gabrou *gabroi
    accusative *gabrom *gabrou *gabrons
    genitive *gabrī *gabrous *gabrom
    dative *gabrūi *gabrobom *gabrobos
    locative *gabrei *? *?
    instrumental *gabrū *gabrobim *gabrūis

    Descendants

    • Brythonic: *gaβr
      • Old Breton: gabr
      • Old Cornish: gauar
      • Middle Welsh: gauar
    • Gaulish: Gabrus, *Gabromagos
      • → French: garron (dialectal)
      • → Portuguese: gabre
    • Old Irish: gabor

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 148
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