Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aiwestom

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

Alternative reconstructions edit

*aissom, *aitom^[1]

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyw-es-to-, from *h₂eyu- (“age, eternity”).

Noun edit

*aiwestom n

Inflection edit

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*aiwestom	*aiwestou	*aiwestā
vocative	*aiwestom	*aiwestou	*aiwestā
accusative	*aiwestom	*aiwestou	*aiwestā
genitive	*aiwestī	*aiwestous	*aiwestom
dative	*aiwestūi	*aiwestobom	*aiwestobos
locative	*aiwestei	*?	*?
instrumental	*aiwestū	*aiwestobim	*aiwestūis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *oɨs
- Old Cornish: huis
  - Cornish: oos, oys
- Old Welsh: ois f (“age”)
  - Welsh: oes (“age”)
Proto-Brythonic: *oɨd
- Old Breton: oit
  - Middle Breton: oet
    - Breton: oad
- Cornish: ooj
- Old Welsh: oit f or m (“time, period”)
  - Welsh: oed (“years old”)
Old Irish: áes
- Irish: aois
- Manx: eash
- Scottish Gaelic: aois

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

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