Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adastos
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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 *ad- (“law, custom”) followed by an obscure second element.
- Pedersen thinks the second element -ast- is an incarnation of the common -st- noun formant, but -st- suffixes are generally never adjectival.
- Matasović erroneously reconstructs the ending as -estus.[1] This reconstruction is incorrect because the suffix cannot have had an -e-, as demonstrated by Brittonic suffixal -a-.
- Hamp derives the second element from a Celtic counterpart to Latin astō (“to be present, stand by”).[2]
Adjective
[edit]*adastos[3]
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *adastos | *adastou | *adastoi |
| vocative | *adaste | *adastou | *adastoi |
| accusative | *adastom | *adastou | *adastoms |
| genitive | *adastī | *adastous | *adastom |
| dative | *adastūi | *adastobom | *adastobos |
| instrumental | *adastū | *adastobim | *adastobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *adastā | *adastai | *adastās |
| vocative | *adastā | *adastai | *adastās |
| accusative | *adastam | *adastai | *adastams |
| genitive | *adastās | *adastous | *adastom |
| dative | *adastai | *adastābom | *adastābos |
| instrumental | *? | *adastābim | *adastābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *adastom | *adastou | *adastā |
| vocative | *adastom | *adastou | *adastā |
| accusative | *adastom | *adastou | *adastā |
| genitive | *adastī | *adastous | *adastom |
| dative | *adastūi | *adastobom | *adastobos |
| instrumental | *adastū | *adastobim | *adastobis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad(u)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
- ^ Hamp, Eric (1976) “Notes on Old Breton”, in Études Celtiques, volume 15, number 1, , →ISSN, pages 191–193
- ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “cimadas”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 29