Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/blātus

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From earlier *bʰléh₃tus ~ *bʰl̥h₃téw-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.

Noun

*blātus m

1. flower

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blātus	*blātū	*blātowes
vocative	*blātu	*blātū	*blātūs
accusative	*blātum	*blātū	*blātūs
genitive	*blātous	*blātous	*blātowom
dative	*blātou	*blātubom	*blātubos
instrumental	*blātū	*blātubim	*blātubis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *blọd
  • Old Breton: bloduu
    • Middle Breton: bleuzff
      • Breton: bleuñv
  • Old Cornish: blodon
    • Cornish: bleujen
  • Middle Welsh: blawt
    • Welsh: blodyn
• Gaulish: *blātōnā, blātunā
  • → Medieval Latin: bladona
    • Italian: belladonna (through pseudoetymology)
• Old Irish: bláth
  • Irish: bláth
  • Manx: blaa
  • Scottish Gaelic: blàth