Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/blātus
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From earlier *bʰléh₃tus ~ *bʰl̥h₃téw-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-.
Noun
*blātus m[1]
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *blātus | *blātū | *blātowes |
| vocative | *blātu | *blātū | *blātūs |
| accusative | *blātum | *blātū | *blātuns |
| genitive | *blātous | *blātous | *blātowom |
| dative | *blātou | *blātubom | *blātubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *blātū | *blātubim | *blātubis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *blọd
- Gaulish: *blātōnā, blātunā, Blātumagos
- → Medieval Latin: blādōna
- Italian: belladonna (through folk etymological reanalysis)
- → Medieval Latin: blādōna
- Old Irish: bláth
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*blātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67/68