Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bedom

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

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”).^[1]

Noun

*bedom n

something that one digs
1. grave
2. ditch
3. mine

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bedom	*bedou	*bedā
vocative	*bedom	*bedou	*bedā
accusative	*bedom	*bedou	*bedā
genitive	*bedī	*bedous	*bedom
dative	*bedūi	*bedobom	*bedobos
locative	*bedei	*?	*?
instrumental	*bedū	*bedobim	*bedūis

Derived terms

*arganto-bedom
- Celtiberian: arkatobezom (“silver mine”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *beð
- Middle Breton: bez
  - Breton: bez
- Cornish: beth
- Middle Welsh: bedd
  - Welsh: bedd
Gaulish: *bedom^[2]
- → Old French: bied, bié
  - French: bief
- → Ligurian: beu (Genoese dialect), beyu (Taggia dialect)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bedo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 59-60
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “bedo-”, in 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, page 70

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bedo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 59-60

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “bedo-”, in 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, page 70

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