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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlitawī

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 *pl̥th₂éwih₂ (“country”) from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pərəθβī) and Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).

Noun

*ɸlitawī f[1]

  1. country, earth

Declension
Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawyās
vocative *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawyās
accusative *ɸlitawīm *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawīms
genitive *ɸlitawyās *ɸlitawyous *ɸlitawyom
dative *ɸlitawyai *ɸlitawyābom *ɸlitawyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸlitawyābim *ɸlitawyābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *Llɨdaw (“mainland Europe; Brittany”)
    • Old Breton: Letau
      • Breton: Ledav
      • → French: Létavie
    • Cornish: Lesow
    • Old Welsh: Litau
    • → Old English: *Lidwīc
      • Old English: Lidwīccas, Lidwīcingas (“Bretons”)
  • Gaulish: *litaui[2]

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
  2. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “litaui”, 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 204
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