Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bāus
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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 *gʷṓws. Cognate with Latin bōs.
Noun
[edit]*bāus f[1]
Declension
[edit]- McCone's reconstruction of *bom (< *gʷṓm with shortening before final *-m) in the accusative singular is adopted here to provide a most direct explanation for the presence of -n in the Old Irish accusative singular boin. It was traditionally explained as analogical to cú (“dog”), accusative coin, but McCone finds such an analogy poorly motivated.[2]
- Matasović's belief that *gʷṓm would yield *bām is incorrect; even if McCone's postulate of shortening before final *-m to yield *bom is wrong, *gʷṓm would yield *būm instead. Unlike McCone, Matasović posits a regularized accusative singular *bowam.
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bāus | *bowe | *bowes |
| vocative | *bāus | *bowe | *bowes |
| accusative | *bom | *bowe | *bowans |
| genitive | *bowos | *bowou | *bowom |
| dative | *bowei | *bowobom | *bowobos |
| locative | *bowi | — | — |
| instrumental | *bowe? | *bowobim | *bowobis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ McCone, Kim (1991) “The Inflection of OIr. Bó 'Cow' and The Etymology of Buchet”, in Ériu[1], volume 42, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 37–44