Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸoskātu

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 *uɸo- (“under-”) +‎ *skātu (“shade, shadow”).

Noun

*uɸoskātu n[1][2]

  1. shade, shadow
  2. shelter

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸoskātu *uɸoskātū *uɸoskātwā
vocative *uɸoskātu *uɸoskātū *uɸoskātwā
accusative *uɸoskātu *uɸoskātū *uɸoskātwā
genitive *uɸoskātous *uɸoskātous *uɸoskātowom
dative *uɸoskātou *uɸoskātubom *uɸoskātubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *uɸoskātū *uɸoskātubim *uɸoskātubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwoskọd
    • Old Breton: guascotou pl
      • Middle Breton: goasquet
        • Breton: gwasked
    • Cornish: goskes
    • Middle Welsh: gwasgawt
  • Old Irish: foscad

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufo-skāto/u-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 126
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