Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/toutos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to look favorably, protect, observe”), see also Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌸 (þiuþ, “good thing”), Latin tueor (“I gaze”), Proto-Germanic *þiudijaz (“kind, good, friendly”).[1]
The reason for the diverged meaning in Brythonic of "good, favorable" from "left, north" in Gaelic is unclear; possibly due to some sort of taboo replacement.
Adjective
*toutos[2]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *toutos | *toutou | *toutoi |
| vocative | *toute | *toutou | *toutoi |
| accusative | *toutom | *toutou | *toutons |
| genitive | *toutī | *toutous | *toutom |
| dative | *toutūi | *toutobom | *toutobos |
| instrumental | *toutū | *toutobim | *toutobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *toutā | *toutai | *toutās |
| vocative | *toutā | *toutai | *toutās |
| accusative | *toutam | *toutai | *toutans |
| genitive | *toutās | *toutous | *toutom |
| dative | *toutai | *toutābom | *toutābos |
| instrumental | *? | *toutābim | *toutābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *toutom | *toutou | *toutā |
| vocative | *toutom | *toutou | *toutā |
| accusative | *toutom | *toutou | *toutā |
| genitive | *toutī | *toutous | *toutom |
| dative | *toutūi | *toutobom | *toutobos |
| instrumental | *toutū | *toutobim | *toutobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *toutyūs | *? | *toutyoses |
| vocative | *toutyūs | *? | *toutyoses |
| accusative | *toutyosam | *? | *toutyosans |
| genitive | *toutisos | *? | *toutisom |
| dative | *toutisei | *? | *toutisbos |
| instrumental | *toutisī | *? | *toutisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *toutyūs | *? | *toutyoses |
| vocative | *toutyūs | *? | *toutyoses |
| accusative | *toutyosam | *? | *toutyosans |
| genitive | *toutisos | *? | *toutisom |
| dative | *toutisei | *? | *toutisbos |
| instrumental | *toutisī | *? | *toutisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *toutis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *toutis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *toutis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *toutisos | *? | *toutisom |
| dative | *toutisei | *? | *toutisbos |
| instrumental | *toutisī | *? | *toutisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: túaid
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1079-1080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1079-1080
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*towto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387