Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸitu
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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 *péy-tu-s ~ *pi-téw-s (proterokinetic tu-stem) (whence Sanskrit पितु (pitú, “nutrition”), Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬎 (pitu, “food”)), from *pey- (“food, nutrition”) + *-tus.[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *piťa, Lithuanian piẽtūs (“dinner”, pl.), Boeotian Greek πιτεύω (piteúō, “to irrigate, to water (cattle)”).
Noun[edit]
*ɸitu n[2]
Reconstruction notes[edit]
This word may still have declined hysterokinetically in Proto-Celtic, with root ablaut: nom.sg. *ɸētu, gen.sg. *ɸitows. The former, strong, stem developed into Old Irish íath (“land”); the latter, weak, stem gave ith (“corn, grain”).[3]
Declension[edit]
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸitu | *ɸitū | *ɸitwā |
| vocative | *ɸitu | *ɸitū | *ɸitwā |
| accusative | *ɸitu | *ɸitū | *ɸitwā |
| genitive | *ɸitous | *ɸitous | *ɸitowom |
| dative | *ɸitou | *ɸitubom | *ɸitubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ɸitū | *ɸitubim | *ɸitubis |
Related terms[edit]
- *ɸiteti (“to eat”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139: "The most likely explanation, however, is simply the existence of a (nominal) root *pei-̯ ‘corn, grain, food’ as well as *peiH̯ - ‘swell up’."
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
- ^ Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 18.1, page 115
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “iutta”, 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 435