Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srognā
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *sregʰ- (“snore”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”), Old Armenian ռունգն (ṙungn, “nose”). See also Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*srognā f
Declension
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *srognā | *srognai | *srognās |
vocative | *srognā | *srognai | *srognās |
accusative | *srognam | *srognai | *srognāms |
genitive | *srognās | *srognous | *srognom |
dative | *srognāi | *srognābom | *srognābos |
locative | *srognai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *srognābim | *srognābis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *froɨn
- Old Irish: srón
- Gaulish: *srognā
- → Old French: froigner, frogner
- → Middle English: frounen
- English: frown
- ⇒ Old French: enfrogner
- → Catalan: enfurrunyar
- → Galician: enfurruñar
- → Spanish: enfurruñar
- → Middle English: frounen
- → Old French: froigner, frogner
- >? Proto-Celtic: *trognī-
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 352-3