Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-tūts

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

Etymology

Compare Latin -tūs (genitive -tūtis).

Suffix

*-tūts m

1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives.

   ‎*biwos (“living”) + ‎*-tūts → ‎*biwotūts (“life”)

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-tūts	*-tūte	*-tūtes
vocative	*-tūts	*-tūte	*-tūtes
accusative	*-tūtam	*-tūte	*-tūtams
genitive	*-tūtos	*-tūtou	*-tūtom
dative	*-tūtei	*-tūtobom	*-tūtobos
locative	*-tūti	—	—
instrumental	*-tūte?	*-tūtobim	*-tūtobis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-tūts

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *-did (from the oblique stem)
  • Welsh: -tid, -did
• Old Irish: -tu