Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bledyos

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

Unknown. Probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

*bledyos m[1][2]

  1. wolf, large predator

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bledyos *bledyou *bledyoi
vocative *bledye *bledyou *bledyoi
accusative *bledyom *bledyou *bledyons
genitive *bledyī *bledyous *bledyom
dative *bledyūi *bledyobom *bledyobos
locative *bledyei *? *?
instrumental *bledyū *bledyobim *bledyūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *blėð
    • Old Breton: bleid
    • Old Cornish: bleit
    • Middle Welsh: bleidd
  • *bledā

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “blVdV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
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