Reconstruction:Gaulish/orkos

This Gaulish 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.

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos.

Noun

*orkos m[1]

  1. pork, piglet

Declension

Declension of Gaulish/orkos (Transalpine)
singular plural
nominative orcos orcoi
vocative orce orcoi
accusative orcon orcōs1, orcūs2
genitive orci orcon
dative orcū orcobo
instrumental orcū orcuis1, orcūs2
locative orcei1, orcē2 orcois

1 early form
2 late form

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “orco-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 246