Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beitom

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). The by-form *biyatom is from a different formation from the same root.[2]

Noun

*beitom n

  1. food

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *beitom *beitou *beitā
vocative *beitom *beitou *beitā
accusative *beitom *beitou *beitā
genitive *beitī *beitous *beitom
dative *beitūi *beitobom *beitobos
locative *beitei *? *?
instrumental *beitū *beitobim *beitūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *buɨd
    • Middle Breton: boet, bouet
    • Old Cornish: buit
    • Middle Welsh: bwyt
  • Old Irish: bíad, bïad (from *biyatom, beyatom, biyotom?)

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bēto-, *biyato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
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