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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boudi

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

Alternative forms
  • *boudis

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew(H)- (“to gain”), whence Latvian gaut (“to catch, gain”), gūvejs (“winner”), Lithuanian gáuti (“to gain, obtain”), or perhaps from *bʰewd- (“to beat”).[1]

Noun

*boudi n[1][2][3]

  1. profit, gain
  2. victory

Inflection
Neuter i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *boudi *boudī *boudyā
vocative *boudi *boudī *boudyā
accusative *boudi *boudī *boudyā
genitive *boudois *boudois *boudyom
dative *boudei *boudibom *boudibos
locative *boudei *? *?
instrumental *boudī *boudibim *boudibis

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: bʉd m
  • Old Irish: búaid f, boid
    • Irish: bua
    • Scottish Gaelic: buaidh
    • Manx: booie
  • Gaulish: *boudi[4]
    • ⇒ Gaulish: *Boudilātis[4]
      • → Latin: Boudilatis
    • →? Old Dutch: *būti (or ← Germanic *biūtjaną) (see there for further descendants)
    • →? Vulgar Latin: *boudinus (or *būtinus ← Frankish)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bowdi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*boudi-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. Wodtko, Dagmar S. (2017–2018) “Chapter XI: Celtic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Celtic, page 1257
  4. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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 boudi- of 83-84
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