Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gezdā

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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]

Probably of imitative origin and not related to *gansis (though the latter is itself also probably onomatopoeic).

Noun[edit]

*gezdā f[1]

  1. goose

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gezdā *gezdai *gezdās
vocative *gezdā *gezdai *gezdās
accusative *gezdam *gezdai *gezdāms
genitive *gezdās *gezdous *gezdom
dative *gezdāi *gezdābom *gezdābos
locative *gezdai *? *?
instrumental *? *gezdābim *gezdābis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: géd

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gexdo/a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159