Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bussus

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

Uncertain, possibly a sound-symbolic word.[1]

Noun

*bussus m

  1. lip

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bussus *bussū *bussowes
vocative *bussu *bussū *bussūs
accusative *bussum *bussū *bussuns
genitive *bussous *bussous *bussowom
dative *bussou *bussubom *bussubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *bussū *bussubim *bussubis

Descendants

  • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *gweβus
  • Middle Irish: bus (poetic)
  • Gaulish: *bussus
    • ⇒ Gaulish: bussumāros (epithet of Jupiter)

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “bussu-”, 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 95
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