Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/blāwos

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 *bʰleh₂- (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Latin flavus.^[1]

Adjective edit

*blāwos^[1]

yellow

Declension edit

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwos	*blāwou	*blāwoi
vocative	*blāwe	*blāwou	*blāwoi
accusative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwoms
genitive	*blāwī	*blāwous	*blāwom
dative	*blāwūi	*blāwobom	*blāwobos
instrumental	*blāwū	*blāwobim	*blāwobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwā	*blāwai	*blāwās
vocative	*blāwā	*blāwai	*blāwās
accusative	*blāwam	*blāwai	*blāwams
genitive	*blāwās	*blāwous	*blāwom
dative	*blāwai	*blāwābom	*blāwābos
instrumental	*?	*blāwābim	*blāwābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwā
vocative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwā
accusative	*blāwom	*blāwou	*blāwā
genitive	*blāwī	*blāwous	*blāwom
dative	*blāwūi	*blāwobom	*blāwobos
instrumental	*blāwū	*blāwobim	*blāwobis

Descendants edit

Goidelic:
- Old Irish: blá^[2]

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*blāwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

bānos, loukos, *windos	*ɸlētos	*dubus
roudos; dergos	*dusnos	blāwos, melinos
	*glastos
		*gurmos