Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸletos

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 *pléth₂-os (“breadth”), from *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”).

Noun

*ɸletos n

  1. breadth
  2. side

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸletos *ɸletese? *ɸletesa
vocative *ɸletos *ɸletese? *ɸletesa
accusative *ɸletos *ɸletese? *ɸletesa
genitive *ɸletesos *ɸletesous? *ɸletesom
dative *ɸletesei *ɸletesbom *ɸletesbos
locative *ɸletesi *? *?
instrumental *ɸletesei *ɸletesbim *ɸletesbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *lled
    • Middle Breton: let, led (“large”), led (“greatness”)
    • Cornish: les
    • Middle Welsh: lled (“breadth, width, half”)
  • Old Irish: leth (“side”)

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*letos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 238-239
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