Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slattā

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

Possibly loaned from a substrate language of northwestern Europe, hinted by the geminate and a-vocalism. This substrate could also have been the source of Proto-Germanic *lattō (“plank, board”), but with loss of initial *s-. Perhaps related to the root of *sladyeti (“to slay, hit”) (compare Proto-Germanic *slahaną); similar sense development can be found in Serbo-Croatian šibati (“to flog, whip”) > šiba (“rod, switch”).

Noun

*slattā f

1. staff, stalk

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slattā	*slattai	*slattās
vocative	*slattā	*slattai	*slattās
accusative	*slattam	*slattai	*slattāms
genitive	*slattās	*slattous	*slattom
dative	*slattāi	*slattābom	*slattābos
locative	*slattai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*slattābim	*slattābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *llaθ
  • Old Breton: lath
    • Breton: lazh
  • Cornish: lath
  • Welsh: llath
• Old Irish: slat
  • Middle Irish: slat
    • Irish: slat
    • Scottish Gaelic: slat