Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boustom

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-, from *gʷṓws (cow) + *steh₂- (to stand). An exact cognate exists in Sanskrit गोष्ठ (goṣṭha, (animal) stable).[1]

Noun

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*boustom n

  1. cow stable

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *boustom *boustou *boustā
vocative *boustom *boustou *boustā
accusative *boustom *boustou *boustā
genitive *boustī *boustous *boustom
dative *boustūi *boustobom *boustobos
locative *boustei *? *?
instrumental *boustū *boustobim *boustūis
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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: búas (wealth)
  • Celtiberian: boustom

References

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  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 638

Further reading

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  • Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[1], Zagreb, page 6