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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tod

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tód, a demonstrative repurposed as an affirmative particle.[1]

Particle

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*tod[2]

  1. yes
    Antonym: *ne tod

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *to
    • Middle Welsh: do
  • Old Irish: tó

References

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  1. ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1996) “Varia II”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 47, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved August 29, 2023, pages 209–211
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 381-382
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