Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bitus

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 *gʷih₃-tus (“life”).[1] Cognate with Latin vita.

Noun

*bitus m[1]

  1. world

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bitus *bitū *bitowes
vocative *bitu *bitū *bitūs
accusative *bitum *bitū *bituns
genitive *bitous *bitous *bitowom
dative *bitou *bitubom *bitubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *bitū *bitubim *bitubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bɨd
    • Old Breton: bit, bet
    • Old Cornish: bit, bys
    • Old Welsh: bid
  • Old Irish: bith
  • Gaulish: bitus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67
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