Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/blāwos

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Latin flavus.^[1]

Adjective

*blāwos^[1]

yellow

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwos	*blāwou	*blāwoi
vocative	*blāwe	*blāwou	*blāwoi
accusative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwons
genitive	*blāwī	*blāwous	*blāwom
dative	*blāwūi	*blāwobom	*blāwobos
instrumental	*blāwū	*blāwobim	*blāwobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwā	*blāwai	*blāwās
vocative	*blāwā	*blāwai	*blāwās
accusative	*blāwam	*blāwai	*blāwans
genitive	*blāwās	*blāwous	*blāwom
dative	*blāwai	*blāwābom	*blāwābos
instrumental	*?	*blāwābim	*blāwābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwā
vocative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwā
accusative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwā
genitive	*blāwī	*blāwous	*blāwom
dative	*blāwūi	*blāwobom	*blāwobos
instrumental	*blāwū	*blāwobim	*blāwobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwyūs	*?	*blāwyoses
vocative	*blāwyūs	*?	*blāwyoses
accusative	*blāwyosam	*?	*blāwyosans
genitive	*blāwisos	*?	*blāwisom
dative	*blāwisei	*?	*blāwisbos
instrumental	*blāwisī	*?	*blāwisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwyūs	*?	*blāwyoses
vocative	*blāwyūs	*?	*blāwyoses
accusative	*blāwyosam	*?	*blāwyosans
genitive	*blāwisos	*?	*blāwisom
dative	*blāwisei	*?	*blāwisbos
instrumental	*blāwisī	*?	*blāwisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwis	*?	*?
vocative	*blāwis	*?	*?
accusative	*blāwis	*?	*?
genitive	*blāwisos	*?	*blāwisom
dative	*blāwisei	*?	*blāwisbos
instrumental	*blāwisī	*?	*blāwisbis

Descendants

Goidelic:
- Old Irish: blá^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*blāwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*blāwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

[DIL-2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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[2]

bānos, loukos, *windos	ɸleitos, blāros	*dubus
roudos; dergos	*dusnos	blāwos, melinos
	*glastos
		*gurmos