Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/baissā

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

A derivative of *baitos (“custom; mad; foolish”).

Which of the two main senses came first is unclear; Pedersen argued that "folly" came first, while Jørgensen prefers to argue that "custom" came first.[1]

Noun

*baissā f

  1. custom, habit
  2. foolishness, folly

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *baissā *baissai *baissās
vocative *baissā *baissai *baissās
accusative *baissam *baissai *baissāns
genitive *baissās *baissous *baissom
dative *baissāi *baissābom *baissābos
locative *baissai *? *?
instrumental *? *baissābim *baissābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *boɨs (“custom”)
    • Middle Breton: boas
      • Breton: boaz
    • Middle Welsh: moes
    • → Old Irish: bés, béss, bǽs (borrowed after the monophthongization of *ai to /ɛː/ but before breaking of /ɛː/ to *oɨ)
  • Old Irish: báes, baís (“folly”)
    • Middle Irish: báes, baís

References

  1. ^ Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (2009) “Irish báeth, báes, bés, ammait and Breton boaz, amoed”, in Keltische Forschungen, volume 4, pages 189-193
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