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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewkós, from *lewk-.
Adjective
*loukos
- white
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*lowkos
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*lowkou
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*lowkoi
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| vocative
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*lowke
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*lowkou
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*lowkoi
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| accusative
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*lowkom
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*lowkou
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*lowkons
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| genitive
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*lowkī
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*lowkous
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*lowkom
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| dative
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*lowkūi
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*lowkobom
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*lowkobos
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| instrumental
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*lowkū
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*lowkobim
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*lowkobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*lowkā
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*lowkai
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*lowkās
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| vocative
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*lowkā
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*lowkai
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*lowkās
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| accusative
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*lowkam
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*lowkai
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*lowkans
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| genitive
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*lowkās
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*lowkous
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*lowkom
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| dative
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*lowkai
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*lowkābom
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*lowkābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*lowkābim
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*lowkābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*lowkom
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*lowkou
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*lowkā
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| vocative
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*lowkom
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*lowkou
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*lowkā
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| accusative
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*lowkom
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*lowkou
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*lowkā
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| genitive
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*lowkī
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*lowkous
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*lowkom
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| dative
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*lowkūi
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*lowkobom
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*lowkobos
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| instrumental
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*lowkū
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*lowkobim
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*lowkobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*lowkyūs
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*?
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*lowkyoses
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| vocative
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*lowkyūs
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*?
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*lowkyoses
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| accusative
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*lowkyosam
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*?
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*lowkyosans
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| genitive
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*lowkisos
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*?
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*lowkisom
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| dative
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*lowkisei
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*?
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*lowkisbos
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| instrumental
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*lowkisī
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*?
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*lowkisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*lowkyūs
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*?
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*lowkyoses
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| vocative
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*lowkyūs
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*?
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*lowkyoses
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| accusative
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*lowkyosam
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*?
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*lowkyosans
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| genitive
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*lowkisos
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*?
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*lowkisom
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| dative
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*lowkisei
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*?
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*lowkisbos
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| instrumental
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*lowkisī
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*?
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*lowkisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*lowkis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*lowkis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*lowkis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*lowkisos
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*?
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*lowkisom
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| dative
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*lowkisei
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*?
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*lowkisbos
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| instrumental
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*lowkisī
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*?
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*lowkisbis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *llʉg
- Middle Welsh: lluc
- Welsh: llug m (“eyesight, perception”)
- Middle Irish: lóch (“bright”), lúach
- Gaulish: Leucus
References
See also