Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸroboudom

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 *ɸro- +‎ *boud-.[1] Likely also suffixed with verbal noun suffix *-om.

Noun

*ɸroboudom n

  1. warning

Reconstruction notes

The neuter o-stem ending (and gender) are not evident from that of the descendants alone; no traces of being neuter remain in Goidelic. However, neuter gender in Proto-Celtic may be inferred on typological grounds; prefixed verbal nouns derived from roots of strong verbs are generally neuter o-stems.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸroboudom *ɸroboudou *ɸroboudā
vocative *ɸroboudom *ɸroboudou *ɸroboudā
accusative *ɸroboudom *ɸroboudou *ɸroboudā
genitive *ɸroboudī *ɸroboudous *ɸroboudom
dative *ɸroboudūi *ɸroboudobom *ɸroboudobos
locative *ɸroboudei *? *?
instrumental *ɸroboudū *ɸroboudobim *ɸroboudūis

Descendants

  • Brittonic:
    • Middle Welsh: rybud, rybut
  • Old Irish: robud

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
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