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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
*bostā f
Declension[edit]
| 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic: *bos
- Old Irish: bas
- Gaulish: *bostyā
- → Medieval Latin: bostia (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ 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