Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lutā
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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]From Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”). Cognate with Latin lutum (“dirt, filth”), Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth”) and Albanian lym (“mud”).
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *lutā | *lutai | *lutās |
| vocative | *lutā | *lutai | *lutās |
| accusative | *lutam | *lutai | *lutāms |
| genitive | *lutās | *lutous | *lutom |
| dative | *lutāi | *lutābom | *lutābos |
| locative | *lutai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *lutābim | *lutābis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: loth (“mire, mud”)
- Gaulish: *lutos[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Lutomagos, *Lutetia, *Luteva
- Celtiberian: *lutā
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lutā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-50
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*lutā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 225
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “luto-, luteuo-, luteno-”, 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 211