Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/altos
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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 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-. Cognate with Latin altus, Old High German alt.
Noun edit
*altos m[1]
Declension edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *altos | *altou | *altoi |
| vocative | *alte | *altou | *altūs |
| accusative | *altom | *altou | *altoms |
| genitive | *altī | *altous | *altom |
| dative | *altūi | *altobom | *altobos |
| locative | *altei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *altū | *altobim | *altūis |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
*altos
- past participle of *aleti (“to nourish”): nourished, fostered
Inflection edit
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *berxtos | *berxtou | *berxtoi |
| vocative | *berxte | *berxtou | *berxtoi |
| accusative | *berxtom | *berxtou | *berxtoms |
| genitive | *berxtī | *berxtous | *berxtom |
| dative | *berxtūi | *berxtobom | *berxtobos |
| instrumental | *berxtū | *berxtobim | *berxtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *berxtā | *berxtai | *berxtās |
| vocative | *berxtā | *berxtai | *berxtās |
| accusative | *berxtam | *berxtai | *berxtams |
| genitive | *berxtās | *berxtous | *berxtom |
| dative | *berxtai | *berxtābom | *berxtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *berxtābim | *berxtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *berxtom | *berxtou | *berxtā |
| vocative | *berxtom | *berxtou | *berxtā |
| accusative | *berxtom | *berxtou | *berxtā |
| genitive | *berxtī | *berxtous | *berxtom |
| dative | *berxtūi | *berxtobom | *berxtobos |
| instrumental | *berxtū | *berxtobim | *berxtobis |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30