Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/(ɸ)lissos

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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

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Etymology

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Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (flat), with the laryngeal somehow lost.[1][2] Matasović is unconvinced.[3] Stifter provides an alternative derivation from *leys- (to trace; track).[4]

Noun

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*(ɸ)lissos m

  1. yard
  2. court

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlissos *ɸlissou *ɸlissoi
vocative *ɸlisse *ɸlissou *ɸlissūs
accusative *ɸlissom *ɸlissou *ɸlissoms
genitive *ɸlissī *ɸlissous *ɸlissom
dative *ɸlissūi *ɸlissobom *ɸlissobos
locative *ɸlissei *? *?
instrumental *ɸlissū *ɸlissobim *ɸlissūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *llɨs
  • Old Irish: les (yard)

References

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  1. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 283-284
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lissos”, 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
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[1], Zagreb, pages 24-25
  4. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 189