Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lūtus

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

Apparently suffixed in *-tus.

The root is difficult to secure; a putative *lewH- (“anger”) is only supported by Slavic cognates like Proto-Slavic *ľutъ.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*lūtus m

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lūtus	*lūtū	*lūtowes
vocative	*lūtu	*lūtū	*lūtūs
accusative	*lūtum	*lūtū	*lūtums
genitive	*lūtous	*lūtous	*lūtowom
dative	*lūtou	*lūtubom	*lūtubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*lūtū	*lūtubim	*lūtubis

Derived terms

*lūtumāros

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *llid
- Middle Welsh: llid (“anger, fury”)
  - Welsh: llid
Old Irish: lúth
- Middle Irish: lúth
  - Irish: lúth
  - Scottish Gaelic: lùth
Gaulish: *lūtus
- ⇒ Gaulish: lutura (attested on a Lezoux lead inscription)
- →⇒ Latin: Lutullus, Luttius, Luturius, Coblutō

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lūtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lutu-”, 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 212

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lūtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lutu-”, 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 212

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