Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srognā

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 *sregʰ- (“snore”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”), Old Armenian ռունգն (ṙungn, “nose”).

Noun

*srognā f

nose

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*srognā	*srognai	*srognās
vocative	*srognā	*srognai	*srognās
accusative	*srognam	*srognai	*srognās
genitive	*srognās	*srognous	*srognom
dative	*srognai	*srognābom	*srognābos
instrumental	*?	*srognābim	*srognābis

Descendants

Brythonic: *froɨn
- Old Breton: fron
  - Middle Breton: froan, fron
    - Breton: froen (“nostril”)
- Middle Welsh: ffroen
  - Welsh: ffroen
Old Irish: srón
- Irish: srón
- Manx: stroin
- Scottish Gaelic: sròn
Gaulish: *srognā
- → Old French: froigner, frogner
  - → Middle English: frounen
    - English: frown
  - → Galician: enfurruñar
  - → Spanish: enfurruñar

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