Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlenstus

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

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)plend- +‎ *-tus. Compare Latin splendeō (“shine, glitter”), Tocharian A plāntā- (“rejoice”).^[1]

Noun

*ɸlenstus m

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸlenstus	*ɸlenstū	*ɸlenstowes
vocative	*ɸlenstu	*ɸlenstū	*ɸlenstūs
accusative	*ɸlenstum	*ɸlenstū	*ɸlenstums
genitive	*ɸlenstous	*ɸlenstous	*ɸlenstowom
dative	*ɸlenstou	*ɸlenstubom	*ɸlenstubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸlenstū	*ɸlenstubim	*ɸlenstubis

Descendants

Old Irish: lés (“light”)
- Middle Irish: lés, lóess
  - Irish: léas, leos

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flenstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flenstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133

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