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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/serrā

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

From Proto-Indo-European *serp- (“sickle, cut”).

Noun

*serrā f [1]

  1. sickle, scythe
  2. billhook

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *serrā *serrai *serrās
vocative *serrā *serrai *serrās
accusative *serram *serrai *serrāms
genitive *serrās *serrous *serrom
dative *serrāi *serrābom *serrābos
locative *serrai *? *?
instrumental *? *serrābim *serrābis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: serr
    • Middle Irish: serr
      • Scottish Gaelic: seàrr
  • Old Welsh: serr
  • Gaulish: serra
    • Old French:
    • →? Latin: serra (see there for further descendants)

References
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “serr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ser”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “serrā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 330-331
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