Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lutā

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 *lew- (“dirt, mud”). Cognate with Latin lutum (“dirt, filth”), Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth”) and Albanian lym (“mud”).

Noun

*lutā f

1. dirt, mud

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lutā	*lutai	*lutās
vocative	*lutā	*lutai	*lutās
accusative	*lutam	*lutai	*lutāms
genitive	*lutās	*lutous	*lutom
dative	*lutāi	*lutābom	*lutābos
locative	*lutai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*lutābim	*lutābis

Descendants

• Old Irish: loth (“mire, mud”)
• Gaulish: *lutos
  • ⇒ Gaulish: *Lutomagos, *Lutetia, *Luteva
    • → Latin: Lutomagus, Lutetia
• Celtiberian: *lutā
  • ⇒ Celtiberian: *Lutiā
    • ⇒ Celtiberian: lutiakos (“belonging to Lutia”) (possibly)