Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/temeslos

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 *témHeslos (“darkness”), from *temH- (“dark”).

Noun

*temeslos m

1. darkness

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*temeslos	*temeslou	*temesloi
vocative	*temesle	*temeslou	*temeslūs
accusative	*temeslom	*temeslou	*temesloms
genitive	*temeslī	*temeslous	*temeslom
dative	*temeslūi	*temeslobom	*temeslobos
locative	*temeslei	*?	*?
instrumental	*temeslū	*temeslobim	*temeslūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *tɨβ̃uɨl
  • Old Breton: temoel
    • Middle Breton: teffal
      • Breton: teñval
  • Old Cornish: tiwoulgou
    • Middle Cornish: teul, tevle
      • Cornish: tewl, tewal
  • Old Welsh: timuil
    • Welsh: tywyll
• Old Irish: temel
  • Middle Irish: teimel
    • Irish: teimheal