Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸosistamus

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 *uɸo- +‎ *sistamus.

Noun

*uɸosistamus m

1. protection
2. guarantee

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸosistamus	*uɸosistamū	*uɸosistamowes
vocative	*uɸosistamu	*uɸosistamū	*uɸosistamūs
accusative	*uɸosistamum	*uɸosistamū	*uɸosistamums
genitive	*uɸosistamous	*uɸosistamous	*uɸosistamowom
dative	*uɸosistamou	*uɸosistamubom	*uɸosistamubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*uɸosistamū	*uɸosistamubim	*uɸosistamubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Welsh: gwaesaf
• Old Irish: fóesam, foísam
  • Middle Irish: fáesam
    • Irish: faoiseamh (“relief”)