Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/derweitā

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

Usually related to Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear apart”).[1]

Noun

*derweitā f

  1. a skin condition that causes rashes or pustules; tetter

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *derweitā *derweitai *derweitās
vocative *derweitā *derweitai *derweitās
accusative *derweitam *derweitai *derweitāns
genitive *derweitās *derweitous *derweitom
dative *derweitāi *derweitābom *derweitābos
locative *derweitai *? *?
instrumental *? *derweitābim *derweitābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *derwuɨd
    • Breton: (standard form) daroued, (attested nonstandard forms) dervoed, derouid, darvoed, tarwed, deruoet, derhouyd
    • Middle Welsh: derwhyden (“ringworm”)
      • Welsh: tarwden, darwden, darwyden, taroden
  • Gaulish: *deruētā
    • Latin: derbita (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “derueta”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 140
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