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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bistis

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 *gʷist- (“twig, finger”). Cognate with Old Norse kvistr (“branch”) and perhaps Albanian gisht (“finger”).[1]

Noun

*bistis m[1]

  1. finger

Declension
Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bistis *bistī *bistīs
vocative *bisti *bistī *bistīs
accusative *bistim *bistī *bistims
genitive *bisteis *bistyow *bistyom
dative *bistei *bistibom *bistibos
locative *bistei *? *?
instrumental *bistī *bistibim *bistibis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Breton: biz, bis
      • ⇒ Breton: bizou (“ring”)
        • → French: bijou (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Cornish: bis, bes
    • Middle Welsh: bys
  • Middle Irish: bissib (dative plural)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bisti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
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