Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kubros
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kup-rós, from *kwep-, whence also Latin cupiō (“to wish”), Proto-Slavic *kypěti (“to boil”) and Sanskrit कुप्यति (kupyati).[1]
Adjective
*kubros
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kubros | *kubrou | *kubroi |
| vocative | *kubre | *kubrou | *kubroi |
| accusative | *kubrom | *kubrou | *kubrons |
| genitive | *kubrī | *kubrous | *kubrom |
| dative | *kubrūi | *kubrobom | *kubrobos |
| instrumental | *kubrū | *kubrobim | *kubrobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kubrā | *kubrai | *kubrās |
| vocative | *kubrā | *kubrai | *kubrās |
| accusative | *kubram | *kubrai | *kubrans |
| genitive | *kubrās | *kubrous | *kubrom |
| dative | *kubrai | *kubrābom | *kubrābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kubrābim | *kubrābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kubrom | *kubrou | *kubrā |
| vocative | *kubrom | *kubrou | *kubrā |
| accusative | *kubrom | *kubrou | *kubrā |
| genitive | *kubrī | *kubrous | *kubrom |
| dative | *kubrūi | *kubrobom | *kubrobos |
| instrumental | *kubrū | *kubrobim | *kubrobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kubryūs | *? | *kubryoses |
| vocative | *kubryūs | *? | *kubryoses |
| accusative | *kubryosam | *? | *kubryosans |
| genitive | *kubrisos | *? | *kubrisom |
| dative | *kubrisei | *? | *kubrisbos |
| instrumental | *kubrisī | *? | *kubrisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kubryūs | *? | *kubryoses |
| vocative | *kubryūs | *? | *kubryoses |
| accusative | *kubryosam | *? | *kubryosans |
| genitive | *kubrisos | *? | *kubrisom |
| dative | *kubrisei | *? | *kubrisbos |
| instrumental | *kubrisī | *? | *kubrisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kubris | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kubris | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kubris | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kubrisos | *? | *kubrisom |
| dative | *kubrisei | *? | *kubrisbos |
| instrumental | *kubrisī | *? | *kubrisbis |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old Irish: cobar (compounding element)
- Gaulish: *cobros
- → Latin: Coura
- →⇒ Latin: Cobrium
- Occitan: Cuèbri
- → French: Cuébris
- Occitan: Cuèbri
- →⇒ Latin: Couria
- →⇒ Latin: Cobromara
- →⇒ Latin: Cobrovomarus
- →⇒ Latin: Cobrovius
- →⇒ Latin: Cobrovillus
- →⇒ Latin: Cobronia
- →⇒ Latin: Cobrici (gen. sg.)
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad-kubro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
Further reading
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cobro-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 120