Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oitos
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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]Cognate to Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”) and Ancient Greek οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”). They may either be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”)[1][2] or Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to grant”).[3]
Noun
[edit]*oitos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *oitos | *oitou | *oitoi |
| vocative | *oite | *oitou | *oitoi |
| accusative | *oitom | *oitou | *oitoms |
| genitive | *oitī | *oitous | *oitom |
| dative | *oitūi | *oitobom | *oitobos |
| locative | *oitei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *oitū | *oitobim | *oitūis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*oyto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “oito-”, 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 240
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1063