Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷaryos

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 *kʷr̥-yos, from *kʷer- (“bowl, vessel”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hweraz (“kettle”), Sanskrit चरु (carú, “kettle, pot”), Proto-Slavic *čara (“bowl, mug”).

Noun

*kʷaryos m

1. cauldron

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷaryos	*kʷaryou	*kʷaryoi
vocative	*kʷarye	*kʷaryou	*kʷaryoi
accusative	*kʷaryom	*kʷaryou	*kʷaryoms
genitive	*kʷaryī	*kʷaryous	*kʷaryom
dative	*kʷaryūi	*kʷaryobom	*kʷaryobos
locative	*kʷaryei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kʷaryū	*kʷaryobim	*kʷaryūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *pėr
  • Old Breton:
    • Breton: per
  • Old Cornish: per
  • Old Welsh:
    • Middle Welsh: peir
      • Welsh: pair
• Old Irish: coire, caire
  • Middle Irish: coire
    • Irish: coire
    • Manx: coirrey
    • Scottish Gaelic: coire
• Transalpine Gaulish: parios
  • ⇒ Transalpine Gaulish: [Term?] (name of two Celtic tribes in Yorkshire and in the Île-de-France)
    • → Latin: Parisii
  • → Vulgar Latin: *parium (see there for further descendants)