Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gelos

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 *ǵʰelh₃os, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow, green”).[1] See also *glastos.

Adjective

*gelos

  1. yellow, white

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gelos *gelou *geloi
vocative *gele *gelou *geloi
accusative *gelom *gelou *gelons
genitive *gelī *gelous *gelom
dative *gelūi *gelobom *gelobos
instrumental *gelū *gelobim *gelobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gelā *gelai *gelās
vocative *gelā *gelai *gelās
accusative *gelam *gelai *gelans
genitive *gelās *gelous *gelom
dative *gelai *gelābom *gelābos
instrumental *? *gelābim *gelābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gelom *gelou *gelā
vocative *gelom *gelou *gelā
accusative *gelom *gelou *gelā
genitive *gelī *gelous *gelom
dative *gelūi *gelobom *gelobos
instrumental *gelū *gelobim *gelobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gelyūs *? *gelyoses
vocative *gelyūs *? *gelyoses
accusative *gelyosam *? *gelyosans
genitive *gelisos *? *gelisom
dative *gelisei *? *gelisbos
instrumental *gelisī *? *gelisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gelyūs *? *gelyoses
vocative *gelyūs *? *gelyoses
accusative *gelyosam *? *gelyosans
genitive *gelisos *? *gelisom
dative *gelisei *? *gelisbos
instrumental *gelisī *? *gelisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gelis *? *?
vocative *gelis *? *?
accusative *gelis *? *?
genitive *gelisos *? *gelisom
dative *gelisei *? *gelisbos
instrumental *gelisī *? *gelisbis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: gel
    • Irish: geal
    • Manx: gial
    • Scottish Gaelic: geal
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: gell (“yellow”)
    • Middle Breton: gell (“brown”)
  • Gaulish: *gelā
    • → Gaulish: gelasonem (“cotton-weed”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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