Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gloidos

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 a dental extension of Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- (“to glue, smear”).[1]

Noun

*gloidos m

  1. glue
  2. lime (calcium compounds)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gloidos — —
vocative *gloide — —
accusative *gloidom — —
genitive *gloidī — —
dative *gloidūi — —
locative *gloidei — —
instrumental *gloidū — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *glʉd (with non-lenition of *d under the influence of Latin glūten)
  • Old Irish: glaíth (as attested in a late Laws manuscript)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 160–161
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