Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bitus

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 *gʷih₃-tus (life).[1] Cognate with Latin vita.

Noun edit

*bitus m[1]

  1. world

Inflection edit

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bitus *bitū *bitowes
vocative *bitu *bitū *bitūs
accusative *bitum *bitū *bitums
genitive *bitous *bitous *bitowom
dative *bitou *bitubom *bitubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *bitū *bitubim *bitubis

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67