Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kleitā

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleytéh₂ (“something leaning”).^[1]

Noun

*kleitā f

palisade, hurdle (type of fence)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kleitā	*kleitai	*kleitās
vocative	*kleitā	*kleitai	*kleitās
accusative	*kleitam	*kleitai	*kleitāms
genitive	*kleitās	*kleitous	*kleitom
dative	*kleitāi	*kleitābom	*kleitābos
locative	*kleitai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*kleitābim	*kleitābis

Descendants

Gaulish: *clēta (“trellis, hurdle”)^[2]
- → Early Medieval Latin: clēta (see there for further descendants)
- → Basque: gereta
Middle Irish: clíath
- Irish: cliath
- Scottish Gaelic: cliath
Proto-Brythonic: *kluɨd
- Middle Breton: klouet
- Old Cornish: cluit
- Middle Welsh: clwyt
  - Welsh: clwyd

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klētā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cleta”, 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 118

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klētā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cleta”, 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 118

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