Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/taxslos
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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 *tḱslos, from *teḱ- (“to create, hew”). The formation is comparable to Proto-Germanic *þehsulǭ (“axe”) and Proto-Slavic *tesla (“adze”). The -a- was originally regularly inserted in Italo-Celtic to break up initial clusters of four consonants.[1]
Noun
[edit]*taxslos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *taxslos | *taxslou | *taxsloi |
| vocative | *taxsle | *taxslou | *taxsloi |
| accusative | *taxslom | *taxslou | *taxsloms |
| genitive | *taxslī | *taxslous | *taxslom |
| dative | *taxslūi | *taxslobom | *taxslobos |
| locative | *taxslei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *taxslū | *taxslobim | *taxslūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Matasović reconstructs *tāxslos with a long vowel to account for the long vowel in Irish, assuming it lengthened naturally before the cluster -xsl-.[2] But Schrijver points out that Breton taladur must necessitate an original short *a; Matasović fails to acknowledge the Breton word despite citing Schrijver.
Derived terms
[edit]- Unsorted formations:
- Breton: taladur
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 433-434
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tāxslo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374