Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bodwos

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

Given the meaning of the apparent cognate in Proto-Germanic *badwō (“battle”) (whence Old English beadu), the sense "crow" is secondary, borne out of the crow serving as a symbol of violence.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*bodwos m

crow, which symbolizes battle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bodwos	*bodwou	*bodwoi
vocative	*bodwe	*bodwou	*bodwoi
accusative	*bodwom	*bodwou	*bodwons
genitive	*bodwī	*bodwous	*bodwom
dative	*bodwūi	*bodwobom	*bodwobos
locative	*bodwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bodwū	*bodwobim	*bodwūis

Derived terms

*Bodwākos

Related terms

*Bodwā

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *boðw
- Old Breton: bodou (“heron”)
  - ⇒ Old Breton: Boduuan, Bodguan
- ⇒ Old Welsh: Gurbodu, Bodgu, Elbodgu, Elbodug
Old Irish: Bodb (name of a mythical king)
Gaulish: Boduos
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Ateboduos
  - → Latin: Ateboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduogenos
  - → Latin: Boduogenus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduognātos
  - → Latin: Boduognatus
- ⇒ Gaulish: Κομβοδουος (Kombodouos)
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Maroboduos
  - → Latin: Maroboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Soliboduos
  - → Latin: Soliboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Toutoboduos
  - → Latin: Teutoboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduoialon
  - → Latin: Boolium, Boelium
    - French: Bueil
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduoriton
  - → French: Bort

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bodwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “boduos, bodua”, 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 81

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bodwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “boduos, bodua”, 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 81

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