Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/letros
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editUncertain; possibly reconstructible as *ɸletros, liquid metathesized from earlier *ɸeltros, from Proto-Indo-European *pél-tro-m, from *pel- (“to envelope, wrap around”) + *-trom, compare Latin pellis (“pelt, hide”), Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”).[1]
Noun
edit*letros m[2]
Declension
editMasculine o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *letros | *letrou | *letroi |
vocative | *letre | *letrou | *letrūs |
accusative | *letrom | *letrou | *letroms |
genitive | *letrī | *letrous | *letrom |
dative | *letrūi | *letrobom | *letrobos |
locative | *letrei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *letrū | *letrobim | *letrūis |
Alternative reconstructions
edit- *ɸletros[1]
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *lledr
- Middle Irish: lethar
- →? Proto-Germanic: *leþrą (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *fletro-–134
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “leather *letro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 199