Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸosterā

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

A verbal noun corresponding to *uɸostarnāti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”).[1]

Noun

*uɸosterā f

  1. strewing, litter

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸosterā *uɸosterai *uɸosterās
vocative *uɸosterā *uɸosterai *uɸosterās
accusative *uɸosteram *uɸosterai *uɸosterāns
genitive *uɸosterās *uɸosterous *uɸosterom
dative *uɸosterāi *uɸosterābom *uɸosterābos
locative *uɸosterai *? *?
instrumental *? *uɸosterābim *uɸosterābis

Reconstruction notes

  • The root e-grade is due to Schrijver;[1] it must be reconstructed due to Breton gouzer.
  • Schrijver does not specify which inflectional class this verbal noun is; Gordon clarifies it to be an ā-stem.[2]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwoser
    • Breton: gouzer
  • Old Irish: fosair

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 409
  2. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 296
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