Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uxsedyos

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 *uxse (“above”) +‎ *-dyos (adjectival suffix).^[1]

Adjective

*uxsedyos

upper, higher

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uxsedyos	*uxsedyou	*uxsedyoi
vocative	*uxsedye	*uxsedyou	*uxsedyoi
accusative	*uxsedyom	*uxsedyou	*uxsedyons
genitive	*uxsedyī	*uxsedyous	*uxsedyom
dative	*uxsedyūi	*uxsedyobom	*uxsedyobos
instrumental	*uxsedyū	*uxsedyobim	*uxsedyobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uxsedyā	*uxsedyai	*uxsedyās
vocative	*uxsedyā	*uxsedyai	*uxsedyās
accusative	*uxsedyam	*uxsedyai	*uxsedyans
genitive	*uxsedyās	*uxsedyous	*uxsedyom
dative	*uxsedyai	*uxsedyābom	*uxsedyābos
instrumental	*?	*uxsedyābim	*uxsedyābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uxsedyom	*uxsedyou	*uxsedyā
vocative	*uxsedyom	*uxsedyou	*uxsedyā
accusative	*uxsedyom	*uxsedyou	*uxsedyā
genitive	*uxsedyī	*uxsedyous	*uxsedyom
dative	*uxsedyūi	*uxsedyobom	*uxsedyobos
instrumental	*uxsedyū	*uxsedyobim	*uxsedyobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uxsedyyūs	*?	*uxsedyyoses
vocative	*uxsedyyūs	*?	*uxsedyyoses
accusative	*uxsedyyosam	*?	*uxsedyyosans
genitive	*uxsedyisos	*?	*uxsedyisom
dative	*uxsedyisei	*?	*uxsedyisbos
instrumental	*uxsedyisī	*?	*uxsedyisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uxsedyyūs	*?	*uxsedyyoses
vocative	*uxsedyyūs	*?	*uxsedyyoses
accusative	*uxsedyyosam	*?	*uxsedyyosans
genitive	*uxsedyisos	*?	*uxsedyisom
dative	*uxsedyisei	*?	*uxsedyisbos
instrumental	*uxsedyisī	*?	*uxsedyisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uxsedyis	*?	*?
vocative	*uxsedyis	*?	*?
accusative	*uxsedyis	*?	*?
genitive	*uxsedyisos	*?	*uxsedyisom
dative	*uxsedyisei	*?	*uxsedyisbos
instrumental	*uxsedyisī	*?	*uxsedyisbis

Descendants

Gaulish: uxedios
⇒? Celtiberian: useizu (nom. sg.), useizunos (gen. sg.) (from on-suffixed *uxsedyū)

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uxedios”, 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 330

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uxedios”, 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 330

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