Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aiwestom

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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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *aissom, *aitom[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyw-es-to-, from *h₂eyu- (age, eternity).

Noun

*aiwestom n

  1. age
  2. lifetime
  3. era

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aiwestom *aiwestou *aiwestā
vocative *aiwestom *aiwestou *aiwestā
accusative *aiwestom *aiwestou *aiwestā
genitive *aiwestī *aiwestous *aiwestom
dative *aiwestūi *aiwestobom *aiwestobos
locative *aiwestei *? *?
instrumental *aiwestū *aiwestobim *aiwestūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *oɨs
    • Old Cornish: huis
    • Old Welsh: ois f (age)
      • Welsh: oes (age)
  • Proto-Brythonic: *oɨd
    • Old Breton: oit
      • Middle Breton: oet
    • Cornish: ooj
    • Old Welsh: oit f or m (time, period)
      • Welsh: oed (years old)
  • Old Irish: áes

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51