Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bledyos

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

Unknown. Probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun edit

*bledyos m^[1]^[2]

wolf, large predator

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bledyos	*bledyou	*bledyoi
vocative	*bledye	*bledyou	*bledyūs
accusative	*bledyom	*bledyou	*bledyoms
genitive	*bledyī	*bledyous	*bledyom
dative	*bledyūi	*bledyobom	*bledyobos
locative	*bledyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bledyū	*bledyobim	*bledyūis

Descendants edit

Brythonic: *blėð
- Old Breton: bleid
  - Middle Breton: bleiz
    - Breton: bleiz
- Old Cornish: bleit
  - Cornish: bleydh
- Middle Welsh: bleidd
  - Welsh: blaidd
*bledā
- Old Irish: bled

References edit

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “blVdV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “blVdV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68

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