Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ballos

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 *bʰel- (“to swell”).^[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós) and Latin follis.

Noun edit

*ballos m^[1]^[2]

member, penis

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ballos	*ballou	*balloi
vocative	*balle	*ballou	*ballūs
accusative	*ballom	*ballou	*balloms
genitive	*ballī	*ballous	*ballom
dative	*ballūi	*ballobom	*ballobos
locative	*ballei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ballū	*ballobim	*ballūis

Descendants edit

Old Irish: ball
- Irish: ball
- Scottish Gaelic: ball
Gaulish: *ballos^[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: Andonnoballos
- ⇒ Gaulish: Ballomarios

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ballo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53
^ Koch, John (2004) “*ballo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 217
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ballos”, 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 65

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ballo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*ballo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 217

[DLG-3] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ballos”, 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 65

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