Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-yos
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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 an enlargement of *-os (agent suffix) by analogy with the feminine abstract suffix *-yā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-ós (agent suffix).
Suffix edit
*-yos m
Inflection edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *-yos | *-you | *-yoi |
| vocative | *-ye | *-you | *-yūs |
| accusative | *-yom | *-you | *-yoms |
| genitive | *-yī | *-yous | *-yom |
| dative | *-yūi | *-yobom | *-yobos |
| locative | *-yei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *-yū | *-yobim | *-yūis |