Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yuwantūts
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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]An identical *-tūts formation can be found in Latin iuventūs (“youth”). Both are derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō (“young”);[1] another derivative from the same base is found in Celtic *yuwankos (“young”).
Noun
[edit]*yuwantūts m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *yuwantūts | *yuwantūte | *yuwantūtes |
| vocative | *yuwantūts | *yuwantūte | *yuwantūtes |
| accusative | *yuwantūtam | *yuwantūte | *yuwantūtams |
| genitive | *yuwantūtos | *yuwantūtou | *yuwantūtom |
| dative | *yuwantūtei | *yuwantūtobom | *yuwantūtobos |
| locative | *yuwantūti | — | — |
| instrumental | *yuwantūte? | *yuwantūtobim | *yuwantūtobis |
Descendants
[edit]- >? Proto-Brythonic: *jüwėnt (if the nom. sg. survived), *jüwėnktid (oblique stem, with *-k- inserted from the related adjective?)
- Old Irish: oítiu
- Gaulish: *iuantus, *iouantus (reinterpreted as a u-stem)
- → Latin: Iuantus, Iouantus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Iouantucaros
- → Latin: Iouantucarus
References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “iouantu-”, 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 191