Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlowī

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 *plew- (“to float”).[1]

Noun

*ɸlowī f[2]

  1. rudder

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlowī *ɸlowī *ɸlowiyās
vocative *ɸlowī *ɸlowī *ɸlowiyās
accusative *ɸlowīm *ɸlowī *ɸlowīns
genitive *ɸlowyās *ɸlowyous *ɸlowyom
dative *ɸlowyai *ɸlowyābom *ɸlowyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸlowyābim *ɸlowyābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llüw
    • ⇒ Breton: levier m (“pilot”)
    • Old Cornish: leu
      • Cornish: lew (“rudder”)
    • Old Welsh: liu
      • Middle Welsh: llyw m (“rudder, tail, leader, pilot”)
  • Old Irish: luí

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flowyo-, flowyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 189
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