Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lexstus
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived by Irslinger from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lék-s-tus (“protection”), from the root *h₂lek- (“to protect”).[1]
An old etymology suggested by Stokes and followed by Pedersen derives the Celtic words from what is now reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”), similar to Proto-Slavic *plodъ (“fruit”).[2][3] However, the advent of laryngeal theory makes this etymology impossible, and Irslinger criticizes this derivation for having an unclear suffixation process.
Noun
[edit]*lexstus m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *lexstus | *lexstū | *lexstowes |
| vocative | *lexstu | *lexstū | *lexstūs |
| accusative | *lexstum | *lexstū | *lexstums |
| genitive | *lexstous | *lexstous | *lexstowom |
| dative | *lexstou | *lexstubom | *lexstubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *lexstū | *lexstubim | *lexstubis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 111
- ^ Urkeltischer Sprachschatz
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “leas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN