Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yālos
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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 *yéh₂los (“zeal”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos) and Serbo-Croatian jal (“envy, malice”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*yālos m
Inflection
[edit]There is no trace of masculine o-stem inflection in any of the descendants. Matasović may have assumed it was in Proto-Celtic due to its cognates in Greek and Slavic.
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *yālos | *yālou | *yāloi |
| vocative | *yāle | *yālou | *yāloi |
| accusative | *yālom | *yālou | *yāloms |
| genitive | *yālī | *yālous | *yālom |
| dative | *yālūi | *yālobom | *yālobos |
| locative | *yālei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *yālū | *yālobim | *yālūis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yālo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 433