Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stātlā

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 *steh₂- (“to stand”)[1] followed by an instrumental suffix in the form of either *-tlom (LÉIA and Matasović) or *-dʰlom (De Bernardo Stempel).[2]

Noun

*stātlā f

  1. heel
    Synonym: *sɸer-

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *stātlā *stātlai *stātlās
vocative *stātlā *stātlai *stātlās
accusative *stātlam *stātlai *stātlāns
genitive *stātlās *stātlous *stātlom
dative *stātlāi *stātlābom *stātlābos
locative *stātlai *? *?
instrumental *? *stātlābim *stātlābis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *sọdl
    • Middle Breton: seuzl
      • Breton: seul (“heel”)
    • Middle Welsh: saudel
  • Old Irish: sál (“heel”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stātlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 303
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