Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/itos

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 *h₁itós, from the root *h₁ey- (to go).[1]

Adjective

*itos

  1. gone

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *itos *itou *itoi
vocative *ite *itou *itoi
accusative *itom *itou *itons
genitive *itī *itous *itom
dative *itūi *itobom *itobos
instrumental *itū *itobim *itobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *itā *itai *itās
vocative *itā *itai *itās
accusative *itam *itai *itans
genitive *itās *itous *itom
dative *itai *itābom *itābos
instrumental *? *itābim *itābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *itom *itou *itā
vocative *itom *itou *itā
accusative *itom *itou *itā
genitive *itī *itous *itom
dative *itūi *itobom *itobos
instrumental *itū *itobim *itobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ityūs *? *ityoses
vocative *ityūs *? *ityoses
accusative *ityosam *? *ityosans
genitive *itisos *? *itisom
dative *itisei *? *itisbos
instrumental *itisī *? *itisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *ityūs *? *ityoses
vocative *ityūs *? *ityoses
accusative *ityosam *? *ityosans
genitive *itisos *? *itisom
dative *itisei *? *itisbos
instrumental *itisī *? *itisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *itis *? *?
vocative *itis *? *?
accusative *itis *? *?
genitive *itisos *? *itisom
dative *itisei *? *itisbos
instrumental *itisī *? *itisbis

Derived terms

  • *ambi-itos
    • Gaulish: ambito (nom. sg.)
  • *bou-itos
    • Celtiberian: bouitos (cattle path)

Descendants

  • Old Irish: ethae (impersonal preterite of téit (to go))
  • Old Irish: ad·etha
  • Old Irish: do·etha
  • Old Irish: tremi·etha

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 222

Further reading

  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ambito”, 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 42