Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mori
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *móri.[1]
Noun
[edit]*mori n
Declension
[edit]| Neuter i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mori | *morī | *moryā |
| vocative | *mori | *morī | *moryā |
| accusative | *mori | *morī | *moryā |
| genitive | *morois | *morois | *moryom |
| dative | *morei | *moribom | *moribos |
| locative | *morei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *morī | *moribim | *moribis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Matasović wrongly believes that *mori was transformed into an o-stem in Brittonic due to its lack of i-affection. In fact, it is regular for short *i to not trigger final i-affection of any vowel other than *e, making Matasović's hypothesis completely unnecessary.
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *mor
- Old Irish: muir
- Gaulish: *mori, more
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Aremorika (< *ɸare-mori-ikā)
- →⇒ Vulgar Latin: *morūca
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mori-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 277