Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/letrom

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

Uncertain; possibly reconstructible as *ɸletrom, liquid metathesized from earlier *ɸeltrom, from Proto-Indo-European *pél-tro-m, from *pel- (“to envelope, wrap around”) +‎ *-trom, compare Latin pellis (“pelt, hide”), Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”).^[1]

Noun

*letrom n^[2]

leather, hide

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*letrom	*letrou	*letrā
vocative	*letrom	*letrou	*letrā
accusative	*letrom	*letrou	*letrā
genitive	*letrī	*letrous	*letrom
dative	*letrūi	*letrobom	*letrobos
locative	*letrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*letrū	*letrobim	*letrūis

Alternative reconstructions

*ɸletrom^[1]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *lledr
- Old Breton: ledr
  - Middle Breton: lezr
    - Breton: lêr
- Cornish: ledher
- Middle Welsh: lledyr
  - Welsh: lledr
Old Irish: lethar
- Middle Irish: lethar
  - Irish: leathar
  - Manx: liare
  - Scottish Gaelic: leathar
→? Proto-Germanic: *leþrą (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fletro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
^ Koch, John (2004) “leather *letro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 199

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fletro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 134

[2] Koch, John (2004) “leather *letro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 199

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