Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bodwos

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

Given the meaning of the apparent cognate in Proto-Germanic *badwō (“battle”) (whence Old English beadu), the sense "crow" is secondary, borne out of the crow serving as a symbol of violence.

Noun

*bodwos m

1. crow, which symbolizes battle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bodwos	*bodwou	*bodwoi
vocative	*bodwe	*bodwou	*bodwoi
accusative	*bodwom	*bodwou	*bodwoms
genitive	*bodwī	*bodwous	*bodwom
dative	*bodwūi	*bodwobom	*bodwobos
locative	*bodwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bodwū	*bodwobim	*bodwūis

Derived terms

• *Bodwākos

Related terms

• *Bodwā

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *boðw
  • Old Breton: bodou (“heron”)
    • ⇒ Old Breton: Boduuan, Bodguan
  • ⇒ Old Welsh: Gurbodu, Bodgu, Elbodgu, Elbodug
• Old Irish: Bodb (name of a mythical king)
• Gaulish: Boduos
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Ateboduos
    • → Latin: Ateboduus
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduogenos
    • → Latin: Boduogenus
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduognātos
    • → Latin: Boduognatus
  • ⇒ Gaulish: Κομβοδουος
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Maroboduos
    • → Latin: Maroboduus
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Soliboduos
    • → Latin: Soliboduus
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Toutoboduos
    • → Latin: Teutoboduus
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduoialon
    • → Latin: Boolium, Boelium
      • French: Bueil
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduoriton
    • → French: Bort