Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸontā
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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 *póntoh₁s (which Prósper reconstructs as *pónteh₂s).
Noun
[edit]*ɸontā f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸontā | *ɸontai | *ɸontās |
| vocative | *ɸontā | *ɸontai | *ɸontās |
| accusative | *ɸontam | *ɸontai | *ɸontāms |
| genitive | *ɸontās | *ɸontous | *ɸontom |
| dative | *ɸontāi | *ɸontābom | *ɸontābos |
| locative | *ɸontai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *ɸontābim | *ɸontābis |
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Gaulish: Eluontiu (dat. sg.) (compounded with the reflex of *ɸelus (“many”))[2]
- Celtiberian: otai (dat./loc. sg.) (following Prosper's reading; the word has also been read as the unintelligible oboi)
References
[edit]- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2011) “The Hispano-Celtic Divinity ILVRBEDA, Gold Mining in Western Hispania and the Syntactic Context of Celtiberian arkatobezom ‘Silver Mine’”, in Die Sprache, volume 49, number 1, page 70
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “elu(o)-”, 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 162