Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gabros

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 *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.

Noun

*gabros m

goat

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gabros	*gabrou	*gabroi
vocative	*gabre	*gabrou	*gabrūs
accusative	*gabrom	*gabrou	*gabrūs
genitive	*gabrī	*gabrous	*gabrom
dative	*gabrūi	*gabrobom	*gabrobos
instrumental	*gabrū	*gabrobim	*gabrobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *gaβr
- Old Breton: gabr
  - Breton: gaor, gavr
- Old Cornish: gauar
  - Cornish: gaver
- Middle Welsh: gauar
  - Welsh: gafr
Gaulish: Gabrus, Gabro-(magus)
- French: garron (dialectal)
- Portuguese: gabre
Old Irish: gabor
- Irish: gabhar
- Manx: goayr
- Scottish Gaelic: gobhar

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