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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gutus

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 *ǵʰuH-tu-s (“to call on, invoke”), from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).

Noun

*gutus m[1]

  1. voice

Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gutus *gutū *gutowes
vocative *gutu *gutū *gutūs
accusative *gutum *gutū *gutums
genitive *gutous *gutous *gutowom
dative *gutou *gutubom *gutubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *gutū *gutubim *gutubis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: guth
    • Irish: guth
    • Manx: goo
    • Scottish Gaelic: guth
  • Gaulish: *gutus
    • ⇒ Gaulish: *gutuatir (+ *atir (“father”))[2]
      • → Latin: gutuater (“priest”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gutu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
  2. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “gutuater-”, 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 184
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