Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/biwotūts

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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 *biwos (alive) +‎ *-tūts (suffix deriving abstracts from adjectives).

Noun[edit]

*biwotūts m[1]

  1. life

Inflection[edit]

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *biwotūts *biwotūte *biwotūtes
vocative *biwotūts *biwotūte *biwotūtes
accusative *biwotūtam *biwotūte *biwotūtams
genitive *biwotūtos *biwotūtou *biwotūtom
dative *biwotūtei *biwotūtobom *biwotūtobos
locative *biwotūti
instrumental *biwotūte? *biwotūtobim *biwotūtobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bɨwüd
  • Old Irish: bethu, beothu, bethad

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bywyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies