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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃stós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).[1][2] See also *gelos.
Adjective
*glastos
- green, blue
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*glastos
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*glastou
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*glastoi
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| vocative
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*glaste
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*glastou
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*glastoi
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| accusative
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*glastom
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*glastou
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*glastons
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| genitive
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*glastī
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*glastous
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*glastom
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| dative
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*glastūi
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*glastobom
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*glastobos
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| instrumental
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*glastū
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*glastobim
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*glastobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*glastā
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*glastai
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*glastās
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| vocative
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*glastā
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*glastai
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*glastās
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| accusative
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*glastam
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*glastai
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*glastans
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| genitive
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*glastās
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*glastous
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*glastom
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| dative
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*glastai
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*glastābom
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*glastābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*glastābim
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*glastābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*glastom
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*glastou
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*glastā
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| vocative
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*glastom
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*glastou
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*glastā
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| accusative
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*glastom
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*glastou
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*glastā
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| genitive
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*glastī
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*glastous
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*glastom
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| dative
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*glastūi
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*glastobom
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*glastobos
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| instrumental
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*glastū
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*glastobim
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*glastobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*glastyūs
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*?
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*glastyoses
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| vocative
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*glastyūs
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*?
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*glastyoses
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| accusative
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*glastyosam
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*?
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*glastyosans
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| genitive
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*glastisos
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*?
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*glastisom
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| dative
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*glastisei
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*?
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*glastisbos
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| instrumental
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*glastisī
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*?
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*glastisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*glastyūs
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*?
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*glastyoses
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| vocative
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*glastyūs
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*?
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*glastyoses
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| accusative
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*glastyosam
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*?
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*glastyosans
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| genitive
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*glastisos
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*?
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*glastisom
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| dative
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*glastisei
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*?
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*glastisbos
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| instrumental
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*glastisī
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*?
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*glastisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*glastis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*glastis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*glastis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*glastisos
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*?
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*glastisom
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| dative
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*glastisei
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*?
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*glastisbos
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| instrumental
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*glastisī
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*?
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*glastisbis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *glas
- Old Irish: glas
- Gaulish: *glastom
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 74-75
See also