Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/itos

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 *h₁itós, from the root *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Adjective

*itos

1. gone

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*itos	*itou	*itoi
vocative	*ite	*itou	*itoi
accusative	*itom	*itou	*itoms
genitive	*itī	*itous	*itom
dative	*itūi	*itobom	*itobos
instrumental	*itū	*itobim	*itobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*itā	*itai	*itās
vocative	*itā	*itai	*itās
accusative	*itam	*itai	*itams
genitive	*itās	*itous	*itom
dative	*itai	*itābom	*itābos
instrumental	*?	*itābim	*itābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*itom	*itou	*itā
vocative	*itom	*itou	*itā
accusative	*itom	*itou	*itā
genitive	*itī	*itous	*itom
dative	*itūi	*itobom	*itobos
instrumental	*itū	*itobim	*itobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ityūs	*?	*ityoses
vocative	*ityūs	*?	*ityoses
accusative	*ityosam	*?	*ityosams
genitive	*itisos	*?	*itisom
dative	*itisei	*?	*itisbos
instrumental	*itisī	*?	*itisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ityūs	*?	*ityoses
vocative	*ityūs	*?	*ityoses
accusative	*ityosam	*?	*ityosams
genitive	*itisos	*?	*itisom
dative	*itisei	*?	*itisbos
instrumental	*itisī	*?	*itisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*itis	*?	*?
vocative	*itis	*?	*?
accusative	*itis	*?	*?
genitive	*itisos	*?	*itisom
dative	*itisei	*?	*itisbos
instrumental	*itisī	*?	*itisbis

Derived terms

• *ambi-itos
  • Gaulish: ambito (nom. sg.)
• *bou-itos
  • Celtiberian: bouitos (“cattle path”)

Related terms

• *itrom

Descendants

• Old Irish: ethae (impersonal preterite of téit (“to go”))
• ⇒ Old Irish: ad·etha
• ⇒ Old Irish: do·etha
• ⇒ Old Irish: tremi·etha

Further reading

• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ambito”, 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 42