Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rotos

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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]

From Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (to run).

Noun[edit]

*rotos m[1]

  1. wheel

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *rotos *rotou *rotoi
vocative *rote *rotou *rotūs
accusative *rotom *rotou *rotoms
genitive *rotī *rotous *rotom
dative *rotūi *rotobom *rotobos
locative *rotei *? *?
instrumental *rotū *rotobim *rotūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *rrod
    • Breton: rod
    • Cornish: ros
    • Welsh: rhod
  • Old Irish: roth
  • Gaulish: *Rotomagos

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*roto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 314-315