Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bowā

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 *gʷowH-éh₂, from *gʷewH- (“to defecate”).

Noun

*bowā f^[1]^[2]

dirt, filth
excrement

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bowā	*bowai	*bowās
vocative	*bowā	*bowai	*bowās
accusative	*bowam	*bowai	*bowāns
genitive	*bowās	*bowous	*bowom
dative	*bowāi	*bowābom	*bowābos
locative	*bowai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*bowābim	*bowābis

Descendants

Welsh: baw
Gaulish: *bawā
- → Old French: boue, bowe, bou, bow
  - Middle French: boue, boe
    - French: boue
Hispano-Celtic:
- ⇒ Galician: bouta

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “baua”, 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 69
^ Koch, John (2004) “*bawā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 226

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “baua”, 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 69

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*bawā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 226

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