Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oitos

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

Cognate to Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”) and Ancient Greek οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”). They may either be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”)[1][2] or Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to grant”).[3]

Noun

*oitos m

  1. oath

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *oitos *oitou *oitoi
vocative *oite *oitou *oitoi
accusative *oitom *oitou *oitons
genitive *oitī *oitous *oitom
dative *oitūi *oitobom *oitobos
locative *oitei *? *?
instrumental *oitū *oitobim *oitūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ʉd
    • ⇒ Old Welsh: anutonou, anutonau pl
      • Middle Welsh: anudon (“perjury”)
        • Welsh: anudon
  • Middle Irish: áeth, óeth, oíth
  • Gaulish: *oitos
    • →⇒ Latin: Oitoccius, Aroitus

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*oyto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “oito-”, 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 240
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1063
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