Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/delwā

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 *delh₁- (“to carve, split”) (the laryngeal of which Matasović fails to notate), whence also Latin dolō (“to hew, fashion”), Lithuanian dalýti (“to divide”), and Albanian dalloj (“to cut”).[1]

Noun

*delwā f

  1. form
  2. appearance
  3. image

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *delwā *delwai *delwās
vocative *delwā *delwai *delwās
accusative *delwam *delwai *delwāns
genitive *delwās *delwous *delwom
dative *delwāi *delwābom *delwābos
locative *delwai *? *?
instrumental *? *delwābim *delwābis

Derived terms

  • *delwātus

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *delw
  • Old Irish: delb

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*delwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
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