Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tausos

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 *teh₂ws- (“to be quiet, be still”).

Adjective

*tausos^[1]^[2]

deaf

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawsos	*tawsou	*tawsoi
vocative	*tawse	*tawsou	*tawsoi
accusative	*tawsom	*tawsou	*tawsoms
genitive	*tawsī	*tawsous	*tawsom
dative	*tawsūi	*tawsobom	*tawsobos
instrumental	*tawsū	*tawsobim	*tawsobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawsā	*tawsai	*tawsās
vocative	*tawsā	*tawsai	*tawsās
accusative	*tawsam	*tawsai	*tawsams
genitive	*tawsās	*tawsous	*tawsom
dative	*tawsai	*tawsābom	*tawsābos
instrumental	*?	*tawsābim	*tawsābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawsom	*tawsou	*tawsā
vocative	*tawsom	*tawsou	*tawsā
accusative	*tawsom	*tawsou	*tawsā
genitive	*tawsī	*tawsous	*tawsom
dative	*tawsūi	*tawsobom	*tawsobos
instrumental	*tawsū	*tawsobim	*tawsobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawsyūs	*?	*tawsyoses
vocative	*tawsyūs	*?	*tawsyoses
accusative	*tawsyosam	*?	*tawsyosams
genitive	*tawsisos	*?	*tawsisom
dative	*tawsisei	*?	*tawsisbos
instrumental	*tawsisī	*?	*tawsisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawsyūs	*?	*tawsyoses
vocative	*tawsyūs	*?	*tawsyoses
accusative	*tawsyosam	*?	*tawsyosams
genitive	*tawsisos	*?	*tawsisom
dative	*tawsisei	*?	*tawsisbos
instrumental	*tawsisī	*?	*tawsisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tawsis	*?	*?
vocative	*tawsis	*?	*?
accusative	*tawsis	*?	*?
genitive	*tawsisos	*?	*tawsisom
dative	*tawsisei	*?	*tawsisbos
instrumental	*tawsisī	*?	*tawsisbis

Related terms

*tawsyeti (“to be silent”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: taw (“silence”)
  - Welsh: taw
- Middle Breton: tao (“silence”)
  - Breton: taw
- Cornish: taw
Old Irish: tóe, tó, túae
- Middle Irish: tóe
- ⇒ Middle Irish: toíthenach
  - Irish: taoitheanach

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
^ Koch, John (2004) “*tauso-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 1

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*tauso-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 1

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