Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boustom

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 *gʷow-sth₂-ó-, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”). An exact cognate exists in Sanskrit गोष्ठ (goṣṭha, “(animal) stable”).[1]

Noun

*boustom n[2]

  1. cow stable

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *boustom *boustou *boustā
vocative *boustom *boustou *boustā
accusative *boustom *boustou *boustā
genitive *boustī *boustous *boustom
dative *boustūi *boustobom *boustobos
locative *boustei *? *?
instrumental *boustū *boustobim *boustūis

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: búas (“wealth”)
  • Celtiberian: boustom

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 638
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 403

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (December 2011) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎[1], Zagreb, page 6
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