Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bāus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Because of the way root nouns decline in Celtic, the original PIE accusative *gʷṓm and genitive *gʷéws were made obsolete, which would have otherwise yielded Celtic *bām and *bous respectively. Cognate with Latin bōs.

Noun edit

*bāus f^[1]

cow

Declension edit

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bāus	*bowe	*bowes
vocative	*bāus	*bowe	*bowes
accusative	*bowam	*bowe	*bowams
genitive	*bowos	*bowou	*bowom
dative	*bowei	*bowobom	*bowobos
locative	*bowi	—	—
instrumental	*bowe?	*bowobim	*bowobis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *bʉ
- Breton: bu
- Middle Welsh: bu, buw
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *bʉx
Old Irish: bó
- Irish: bó
- Manx: booa
- Scottish Gaelic: bó, bò

Derived terms edit

*boustom
- Old Irish: búas
- Celtiberian: boustom
  - → Galician: busto
  - →? Portuguese: bosta

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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