Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gustus

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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 *ǵéwstus (taste).

Noun

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*gustus m[1]

  1. force

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gustus *gustū *gustowes
vocative *gustu *gustū *gustūs
accusative *gustum *gustū *gustums
genitive *gustous *gustous *gustowom
dative *gustou *gustubom *gustubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *gustū *gustubim *gustubis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Irish: gus (force)
    • Middle Irish: gus (force)
  • Gaulish: gussou (dat. sg.)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gustu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169