Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/laxsaros

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 *lh₂ps-, from *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (lāpzi, “glows”), Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”) (whence English lamp), Old Prussian lopis (“flame”).^[1]

Adjective

*laxsaros

shining, burning

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laxsaros	*laxsarou	*laxsaroi
vocative	*laxsare	*laxsarou	*laxsaroi
accusative	*laxsarom	*laxsarou	*laxsarons
genitive	*laxsarī	*laxsarous	*laxsarom
dative	*laxsarūi	*laxsarobom	*laxsarobos
instrumental	*laxsarū	*laxsarobim	*laxsarobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laxsarā	*laxsarai	*laxsarās
vocative	*laxsarā	*laxsarai	*laxsarās
accusative	*laxsaram	*laxsarai	*laxsarans
genitive	*laxsarās	*laxsarous	*laxsarom
dative	*laxsarai	*laxsarābom	*laxsarābos
instrumental	*?	*laxsarābim	*laxsarābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laxsarom	*laxsarou	*laxsarā
vocative	*laxsarom	*laxsarou	*laxsarā
accusative	*laxsarom	*laxsarou	*laxsarā
genitive	*laxsarī	*laxsarous	*laxsarom
dative	*laxsarūi	*laxsarobom	*laxsarobos
instrumental	*laxsarū	*laxsarobim	*laxsarobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laxsaryūs	*?	*laxsaryoses
vocative	*laxsaryūs	*?	*laxsaryoses
accusative	*laxsaryosam	*?	*laxsaryosans
genitive	*laxsarisos	*?	*laxsarisom
dative	*laxsarisei	*?	*laxsarisbos
instrumental	*laxsarisī	*?	*laxsarisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laxsaryūs	*?	*laxsaryoses
vocative	*laxsaryūs	*?	*laxsaryoses
accusative	*laxsaryosam	*?	*laxsaryosans
genitive	*laxsarisos	*?	*laxsarisom
dative	*laxsarisei	*?	*laxsarisbos
instrumental	*laxsarisī	*?	*laxsarisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laxsaris	*?	*?
vocative	*laxsaris	*?	*?
accusative	*laxsaris	*?	*?
genitive	*laxsarisos	*?	*laxsarisom
dative	*laxsarisei	*?	*laxsarisbos
instrumental	*laxsarisī	*?	*laxsarisbis

Related terms

*lasketi

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: llachar
Old Irish: lassar

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 235

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 235

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