Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garros

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

Etymology

Possibly, via an earlier general sense “limb”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰs-r-, from *ǵʰes- (“hand”). Compare Latin hīr (“hand”), Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Albanian dorë (“hand”), Tocharian A tsar, Hittite 𒆠𒌍𒊬.

Noun

*garros m

1. shank, leg, calf

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*garros	*garrou	*garroi
vocative	*garre	*garrou	*garroi
accusative	*garrom	*garrou	*garroms
genitive	*garrī	*garrous	*garrom
dative	*garrūi	*garrobom	*garrobos
locative	*garrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*garrū	*garrobim	*garrūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *garr
  • Middle Breton: garr
    • Breton: gar
  • Middle Cornish: gar
    • Cornish: garr
  • Middle Welsh: garr
    • Welsh: gar
• Old Irish: gairr
• Gaulish: *garrā
  • → Vulgar Latin: *garra (see there for further descendants)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152