Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kleitā

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleytéh₂ (“something leaning”).[1]

Noun

*kleitā f

  1. palisade, hurdle (type of fence)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kleitā *kleitai *kleitās
vocative *kleitā *kleitai *kleitās
accusative *kleitam *kleitai *kleitāns
genitive *kleitās *kleitous *kleitom
dative *kleitāi *kleitābom *kleitābos
locative *kleitai *? *?
instrumental *? *kleitābim *kleitābis

Descendants

  • Gaulish: *clēta (“trellis, hurdle”)[2]
    • → Early Medieval Latin: clēta (see there for further descendants)
    • → Basque: gereta
  • Middle Irish: clíath
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kluɨd
    • Middle Breton: klouet
    • Old Cornish: cluit
    • Middle Welsh: clwyt

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klētā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cleta”, 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 118
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