Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lukūts

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; most likely from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1]

Noun[edit]

*lukūts f

  1. mouse

Declension[edit]

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lukūts *lukote *lukotes
vocative *lukūts *lukote *lukotes
accusative *lukotam *lukote *lukotams
genitive *lukotos *lukotou *lukotom
dative *lukotei *lukotobom *lukotobos
locative *lukoti
instrumental *lukote? *lukotobim *lukotobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llug
    • Old Breton: loc
    • Middle Welsh: llyg
      • Welsh: llyg (shrew)
  • Old Irish: luch

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN