Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talu
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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. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *téHl-u ~ *tHl-éw-s, cognate with Sanskrit तालु (tā́lu, “palate”). Or related to *talamū (“earth”).[1]
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *talu | *talū | *talwā |
| vocative | *talu | *talū | *talwā |
| accusative | *talu | *talū | *talwā |
| genitive | *talous | *talous | *talowom |
| dative | *talou | *talubom | *talubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *talū | *talubim | *talubis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic: *tal
- Old Irish: taul (“shield boss”), tul, tel
- Gaulish: *talu[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Argiotalus (personal name)
- Celtiberian: talukokum (gen.pl.) (familiy name)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*talu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*tālu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 132
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “talu-, talamon-”, 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 288
Further reading[edit]
- Wodtko, Dagmar S. (2010) “talukokum”, in Jürgen Untermann, editor, Wörterbuch der keltiberischen Inschriften [Dictionary of Celtiberian inscriptions] (Monumenta linguarum Hispanicarum; V.1), Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 358f.