Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gēstlos

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ- (“desire, wait for”). Cognate with Lithuanian geidžiu (“to desire”), Proto-Slavic *žьdati (“to await”).

Noun

*gēstlos m

1. hostage
2. bail

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gēstlos	*gēstlou	*gēstloi
vocative	*gēstle	*gēstlou	*gēstlūs
accusative	*gēstlom	*gēstlou	*gēstloms
genitive	*gēstlī	*gēstlous	*gēstlom
dative	*gēstlūi	*gēstlobom	*gēstlobos
locative	*gēstlei	*?	*?
instrumental	*gēstlū	*gēstlobim	*gēstlūis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *guɨstl
  • Old Breton: guistl
    • Middle Breton: goestl
      • Breton: gouestl
  • Old Cornish: guistel
    • Cornish: gostel
  • Middle Welsh: gwystyl, gwystl
    • Welsh: gwystl
• Old Irish: gíall
  • Irish: giall
  • Scottish Gaelic: giall
• Gaulish: geistlus
• → Proto-Germanic: *gīslaz (see there for further descendants)