Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klētā

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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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Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleytéh₂ (something leaning).[1]

Noun

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*klētā f

  1. palisade, hurdle (type of fence)

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *klētā *klētai *klētās
vocative *klētā *klētai *klētās
accusative *klētam *klētai *klētāms
genitive *klētās *klētous *klētom
dative *klētāi *klētābom *klētābos
locative *klētai *? *?
instrumental *? *klētābim *klētābis

Descendants

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  • Gaulish: *clēta (trellis, hurdle)[2]
    • Early Medieval Latin: clēta (see there for further descendants)
    • Basque: gereta
  • Middle Irish: clíath
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kluɨd

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klētā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cleta”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 118