Reconstruction:Gaulish/bawa

This Gaulish 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.

Gaulish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *bowā.

Noun edit

bawā f^[1]^[2]

mud, dirt

Declension edit

declension of Gaulish/bawa (Transalpine)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bawā	*bawās
Vocative	*bawā	*bawās
Accusative	bawan¹, bawim²	*bawās
Genitive	bawās¹, bawiās²	*bawanom
Dative	*bawī	*bawābo
Instrumental	bawia¹, bawī²	*bawābi
Locative	*bawī	*bawābo

¹ early forms, ² late forms

Descendants edit

→ Old French: boue, bowe, bou, bow
- Middle French: boue, boe
  - French: boue

References edit

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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, pages baua–69
^ Koch, John (2004) “*bawā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 226

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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, pages baua–69

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*bawā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 226

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