Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bostā

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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.

Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdeh₂, from *gʷésdos (branch)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kwastō (compare Old English cwist (branch), Old High German questa (tuft), Old Norse kvistr (twig)), Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (compare Czech hvozd (forest), Slovene gòzd (forest), Russian гвоздь (gvozdʹ, nail)), Proto-Albanian *gazda (compare Albanian gjeth (leaf)).

Noun

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*bostā f

  1. palm, fist

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bostā *bostai *bostās
vocative *bostā *bostai *bostās
accusative *bostam *bostai *bostāms
genitive *bostās *bostous *bostom
dative *bostāi *bostābom *bostābos
locative *bostai *? *?
instrumental *? *bostābim *bostābis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *bos
    • Middle Breton: boz
    • Old Welsh: bos
  • Old Irish: bas
  • Gaulish: *bostyā
    • Medieval Latin: bostia (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161