Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸeitu

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 Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂tu.

Adjective

*ɸeitu n[1]

  1. territory, land

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸeitu *ɸeitū *ɸeitwā
vocative *ɸeitu *ɸeitū *ɸeitwā
accusative *ɸeitu *ɸeitū *ɸeitwā
genitive *ɸeitous *ɸeitous *ɸeitowom
dative *ɸeitou *ɸeitubom *ɸeitubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *ɸeitū *ɸeitubim *ɸeitubis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: íath
  • Gaulish: *ētu
    • ⇒ Gaulish: *eluētios (“[having] much territory”, bahuvrihi compound)[2]

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ɸētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “etu-”, 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 168
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