Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/loskos
Proto-Celtic
Alternative forms
- *loxsos (without metathesis)
Etymology
Usually related to Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “slanting”).[1][2]
Adjective
*loskos
- (of legs) crippled
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *loskos | *loskou | *loskoi |
| vocative | *loske | *loskou | *loskoi |
| accusative | *loskom | *loskou | *loskons |
| genitive | *loskī | *loskous | *loskom |
| dative | *loskūi | *loskobom | *loskobos |
| instrumental | *loskū | *loskobim | *loskobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *loskā | *loskai | *loskās |
| vocative | *loskā | *loskai | *loskās |
| accusative | *loskam | *loskai | *loskans |
| genitive | *loskās | *loskous | *loskom |
| dative | *loskai | *loskābom | *loskābos |
| instrumental | *? | *loskābim | *loskābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *loskom | *loskou | *loskā |
| vocative | *loskom | *loskou | *loskā |
| accusative | *loskom | *loskou | *loskā |
| genitive | *loskī | *loskous | *loskom |
| dative | *loskūi | *loskobom | *loskobos |
| instrumental | *loskū | *loskobim | *loskobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *loskyūs | *? | *loskyoses |
| vocative | *loskyūs | *? | *loskyoses |
| accusative | *loskyosam | *? | *loskyosans |
| genitive | *loskisos | *? | *loskisom |
| dative | *loskisei | *? | *loskisbos |
| instrumental | *loskisī | *? | *loskisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *loskyūs | *? | *loskyoses |
| vocative | *loskyūs | *? | *loskyoses |
| accusative | *loskyosam | *? | *loskyosans |
| genitive | *loskisos | *? | *loskisom |
| dative | *loskisei | *? | *loskisbos |
| instrumental | *loskisī | *? | *loskisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *loskis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *loskis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *loskis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *loskisos | *? | *loskisom |
| dative | *loskisei | *? | *loskisbos |
| instrumental | *loskisī | *? | *loskisbis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Irish: losc
- Middle Irish: losc
- Gaulish: *loxsos, *loscos
- → Latin: Loscus, Lossa
- French: Losse
- Occitan: Lòssa
- → Latin: Loscus, Lossa
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (December 2011) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[1], Zagreb
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “loxso-”, 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 209