Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ast

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (bone), but with unexpected initial *a instead of o.

Noun

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*ast n

  1. rib

Inflection

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Neuter consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ast *aste *asta
vocative *ast *aste *asta
accusative *ast *aste *asta
genitive *astos *astou *astom
dative *astē *astobom *astobos
locative *asti *? *?
instrumental *aste? *astobim *astobis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *as
    • Middle Cornish: asow pl
    • Middle Welsh: eis pl

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*astn(iy)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 44–45
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 53-54