Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oɸibelā

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 *h₁opi +‎ *bʰel- (“to shine”).

Noun

*oɸibelā f

1. spark

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*oɸibelā	*oɸibelai	*oɸibelās
vocative	*oɸibelā	*oɸibelai	*oɸibelās
accusative	*oɸibelam	*oɸibelai	*oɸibelāms
genitive	*oɸibelās	*oɸibelous	*oɸibelom
dative	*oɸibelāi	*oɸibelābom	*oɸibelābos
locative	*oɸibelai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*oɸibelābim	*oɸibelābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *ʉβel
  • Middle Breton: fulenn (with metathesis of fricative and vowel)
    • Breton: fulenn
  • Middle Welsh: ufel, uvel
    • Welsh: ufel
• Old Irish: oíbell
  • Middle Irish: aíbell
    • Irish: aoibheall
    • Scottish Gaelic: èibheall

Further reading

• Stifter, David (2019) “An apple a day ...”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 124, number 1, pages 186-189