Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karwos

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 *ḱr̥wh₂ós, zero grade of *ḱerh₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Noun

*karwos m

deer, stag

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*karwos	*karwou	*karwoi
vocative	*karwe	*karwou	*karwūs
accusative	*karwom	*karwou	*karwūs
genitive	*karwī	*karwous	*karwom
dative	*karwūi	*karwobom	*karwobos
instrumental	*karwū	*karwobim	*karwobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *karw
- Middle Breton: caro
  - Breton: karv
- Old Cornish: karow
  - Cornish: karow
- Old Welsh: caru
  - Middle Welsh: carw
    - Welsh: carw
Old Irish: carbh
- Irish: cáirrfhiadh
- Scottish Gaelic: càirfhiadh
Gaulish: caruus, carvos

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