Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/eburos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₁ebʰros (“yew”).[1] Cognate with German Eberesche, Albanian bershe.

Noun

*eburos m [1][2]

yew

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*eburos	*eburou	*eburoi
vocative	*ebure	*eburou	*eburūs
accusative	*eburom	*eburou	*eburūs
genitive	*eburī	*eburous	*eburom
dative	*eburūi	*eburobom	*eburobos
instrumental	*eburū	*eburobim	*eburobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *eβor
- Middle Breton: heuor, euor
  - Breton: evor
- Middle Welsh: efwr, ewr
Old Irish: ibar
- Irish: iúr, úr
- Scottish Gaelic: iubhar
Gaulish: eburo-
Celtiberian: ebur-

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*eburo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “efwr, ewr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*eburo-”

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[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*eburo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

[2] Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “efwr, ewr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*eburo-”