Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlitawī

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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 *pl̥th₂éwih₂ (country) from *pléth₂us (flat, broad). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pərəθβī) and Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).

Noun[edit]

*ɸlitawī f[1]

  1. country, earth

Declension[edit]

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawyās
vocative *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawyās
accusative *ɸlitawīm *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawīms
genitive *ɸlitawyās *ɸlitawyous *ɸlitawyom
dative *ɸlitawyai *ɸlitawyābom *ɸlitawyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸlitawyābim *ɸlitawyābis

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “litaui”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 204