Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-biyos

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 the stem *bi- of *bināti (“to strike”) +‎ *-iyos (agent suffix).

Suffix

*-biyos m^[1]

striker, killer

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-biyos	*-biyou	*-biyoi
vocative	*-biye	*-biyou	*-biyoi
accusative	*-biyom	*-biyou	*-biyons
genitive	*-biyī	*-biyous	*-biyom
dative	*-biyūi	*-biyobom	*-biyobos
locative	*-biyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*-biyū	*-biyobim	*-biyūis

Descendants

⇒ Old Irish: Faílbe (literally “wolf-killer”)
Gaulish: *-bios
- ⇒ Gaulish: Commios (nom. sg.), *Lātobios, Banuabi (gen. sg.)
  - → Latin: Commius, Lātobius

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “-biion”, 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 75