Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krūs

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s.

Noun

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*krūs ?[1][2]

  1. blood

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krūs
vocative *krūs
accusative *kruwam
genitive *kruwos
dative *kruwei
locative *kruwi
instrumental *kruwe?

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *krow (from the oblique stem)
    • Middle Cornish: crow
    • Middle Welsh: creu
  • Old Irish: crú (blood, wound)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krū-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
  2. ^ Joseph, Lionel (1988) “The Inflexion of OIR. Crú”, in Ériu[1], volume 39, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved January 19, 2023, pages 169–187