Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stātlā

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 *steh₂- (“to stand”)^[1] followed by an instrumental suffix in the form of either *-tlom (LÉIA and Matasović) or *-dʰlom (De Bernardo Stempel).^[2]

Noun

*stātlā f

heel
Synonym: *sɸer-

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stātlā	*stātlai	*stātlās
vocative	*stātlā	*stātlai	*stātlās
accusative	*stātlam	*stātlai	*stātlāms
genitive	*stātlās	*stātlous	*stātlom
dative	*stātlāi	*stātlābom	*stātlābos
locative	*stātlai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*stātlābim	*stātlābis

Alternative reconstructions

*stadlā^[2]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *sọdl
- Middle Breton: seuzl
  - Breton: seul (“heel”)
- Middle Welsh: saudel
  - Welsh: sawdl
Old Irish: sál (“heel”)
- Irish: sáil
- Manx: saayl
- Scottish Gaelic: sàil

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stātlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 303

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stātlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 355

[DBS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 303

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