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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bledyos

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

Unknown. Probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

*bledyos m[1][2]

  1. wolf, large predator

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bledyos *bledyou *bledyoi
vocative *bledye *bledyou *bledyūs
accusative *bledyom *bledyou *bledyoms
genitive *bledyī *bledyous *bledyom
dative *bledyūi *bledyobom *bledyobos
locative *bledyei *? *?
instrumental *bledyū *bledyobim *bledyūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *blėð
    • Old Breton: bleid
    • Old Cornish: bleit
    • Middle Welsh: bleidd
  • *bledā

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “blVdV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
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