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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ballos

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 *bʰel- (“to swell”).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós) and Latin follis.

Noun

*ballos m[1][2]

  1. member, penis

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ballos *ballou *balloi
vocative *balle *ballou *ballūs
accusative *ballom *ballou *balloms
genitive *ballī *ballous *ballom
dative *ballūi *ballobom *ballobos
locative *ballei *? *?
instrumental *ballū *ballobim *ballūis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: ball
  • Gaulish: *ballos[3]
    • ⇒ Gaulish: Andonnoballos
    • ⇒ Gaulish: Ballomarios

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ballo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*ballo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 217
  3. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ballos”, 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 65
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