Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸeitu

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 *péyh₂tu.

Adjective

*ɸeitu n^[1]

territory, land

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸeitu	*ɸeitū	*ɸeitwā
vocative	*ɸeitu	*ɸeitū	*ɸeitwā
accusative	*ɸeitu	*ɸeitū	*ɸeitwā
genitive	*ɸeitous	*ɸeitous	*ɸeitowom
dative	*ɸeitou	*ɸeitubom	*ɸeitubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸeitū	*ɸeitubim	*ɸeitubis

Descendants

Old Irish: íath
Gaulish: *ētu
- ⇒ Gaulish: *eluētios (“[having] much territory”, bahuvrihi compound)^[2]
  - → Latin: Helvētii, Helvētius

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ɸētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “etu-”, 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 168

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ɸētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “etu-”, 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 168

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