Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/aidu

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 *h₂eydʰ- (“fire”).

Noun

*aidu n[1]

  1. fire

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *aidu *aidū *aidwā
vocative *aidu *aidū *aidwā
accusative *aidu *aidū *aidwā
genitive *aidous *aidous *aidowom
dative *aidou *aidubom *aidubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *aidū *aidubim *aidubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *oɨð
    • Middle Breton: oaz
    • Middle Welsh: aið (with unexplained diphthong ai-)
  • Old Irish: áed
  • Old Irish: Áed

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*aydu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51
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