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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tarwos

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

Tarvos Triganus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *táwros (wild bull, aurochs), with metathesis of -wr- to -rw-.

Noun

*tarwos m

  1. bull

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tarwos *tarwou *tarwoi
vocative *tarwe *tarwou *tarwūs
accusative *tarwom *tarwou *tarwūs
genitive *tarwī *tarwous *tarwom
dative *tarwūi *tarwobom *tarwobos
instrumental *tarwū *tarwobim *tarwobis

Descendants

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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