Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gelos

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 *ǵʰelh₃os, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).

Adjective

*gelos

1. shining, white

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gelos	*gelou	*geloi
vocative	*gele	*gelou	*geloi
accusative	*gelom	*gelou	*geloms
genitive	*gelī	*gelous	*gelom
dative	*gelūi	*gelobom	*gelobos
instrumental	*gelū	*gelobim	*gelobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gelā	*gelai	*gelās
vocative	*gelā	*gelai	*gelās
accusative	*gelam	*gelai	*gelams
genitive	*gelās	*gelous	*gelom
dative	*gelai	*gelābom	*gelābos
instrumental	*?	*gelābim	*gelābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gelom	*gelou	*gelā
vocative	*gelom	*gelou	*gelā
accusative	*gelom	*gelou	*gelā
genitive	*gelī	*gelous	*gelom
dative	*gelūi	*gelobom	*gelobos
instrumental	*gelū	*gelobim	*gelobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gelyūs	*?	*gelyoses
vocative	*gelyūs	*?	*gelyoses
accusative	*gelyosam	*?	*gelyosams
genitive	*gelisos	*?	*gelisom
dative	*gelisei	*?	*gelisbos
instrumental	*gelisī	*?	*gelisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gelyūs	*?	*gelyoses
vocative	*gelyūs	*?	*gelyoses
accusative	*gelyosam	*?	*gelyosams
genitive	*gelisos	*?	*gelisom
dative	*gelisei	*?	*gelisbos
instrumental	*gelisī	*?	*gelisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gelis	*?	*?
vocative	*gelis	*?	*?
accusative	*gelis	*?	*?
genitive	*gelisos	*?	*gelisom
dative	*gelisei	*?	*gelisbos
instrumental	*gelisī	*?	*gelisbis

Descendants

• Old Irish: gel
  • Irish: geal
  • Manx: gial
  • Scottish Gaelic: geal
• Gaulish: *gelā
  • → Gaulish: gelasonem (“cotton-weed”)