Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/blātus
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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 earlier *bʰléh₃tus ~ *bʰl̥h₃téw-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.
Noun edit
*blātus m[1]
Inflection edit
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *blātus | *blātū | *blātowes |
| vocative | *blātu | *blātū | *blātūs |
| accusative | *blātum | *blātū | *blātums |
| genitive | *blātous | *blātous | *blātowom |
| dative | *blātou | *blātubom | *blātubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *blātū | *blātubim | *blātubis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic: *blọd
- Gaulish: *blātōnā, blātunā, Blātumagos
- → Medieval Latin: bladona
- Italian: belladonna (through folk etymological reanalysis)
- → Medieval Latin: bladona
- Old Irish: bláth[2]
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*blātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67/68
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language