Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agrinyos

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 a form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (“berry”), similar in form to Proto-Germanic *akraną (“small fruit of a tree”). Cognate with Tocharian B oko (“fruit”), English acorn, Lithuanian uoga (“berry”), etc.

Noun

*agrinyos m

sloe, plum, berry

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*agrinyos	*agrinyou	*agrinyoi
vocative	*agrinye	*agrinyou	*agrinyoi
accusative	*agrinyom	*agrinyou	*agrinyoms
genitive	*agrinyī	*agrinyous	*agrinyom
dative	*agrinyūi	*agrinyobom	*agrinyobos
locative	*agrinyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*agrinyū	*agrinyobim	*agrinyūis

Descendants

Primitive Irish:
- Old Irish: áirne
  - Irish: airne (“sloe, gland”)
  - Manx: airn (“sloe, bullace”)
  - Scottish Gaelic: àirne (“sloe, blackthorn”)
Brythonic: ("plum")
- Welsh: eirin
- Breton: irin
Hispano-Iberian:
- →? Catalan: aranyó (“sloe”)
- →? Spanish: arañón (“sloe”)
- →? Occitan: agreno, aranhon, aragnou, agragnou (“sloe”)
- →? Proto-Basque: *araN
  - Basque: aran