Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/doliskos

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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 *dol- (leaf) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *-(i)skos.[1][2]

Noun

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*doliskos m

  1. edible seaweed of the species Palmaria palmata: dulse, dilisk

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *doliskos *doliskou *doliskoi
vocative *doliske *doliskou *doliskūs
accusative *doliskom *doliskou *doliskoms
genitive *doliskī *doliskous *doliskom
dative *doliskūi *doliskobom *doliskobos
locative *doliskei *? *?
instrumental *doliskū *doliskobim *doliskūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *dölɨsk
  • Old Irish: duilesc (normalized), duilix (attested in Laws with metathesis)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dol-isko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, page 180