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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slēbos

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

Matasović proposes that the term comes from Proto-Indo-European *sley-bʰo-, with the root as Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“to smear”), so the meaning would have been 'slippery surface, slope'. He concludes, however, that the semantic connection is weak.[1] MacBain suggests Proto-Indo-European *slewb(ʰ)- (“to slip, glide”), the root of Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slink, creep”).[2]

Noun

*slēbos n[1]

  1. slope

Declension
Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *slēbos *slēbese? *slēbesa
vocative *slēbos *slēbese? *slēbesa
accusative *slēbos *slēbese? *slēbesa
genitive *slēbesos *slēbesous? *slēbesom
dative *slēbesē *slēbesbom *slēbesbos
locative *slēbesi *? *?
instrumental *slēbesē *slēbesbim *slēbesbis

Derived terms
  • Brythonic: *lluɨβ
    • Old Breton: libiriou
    • Welsh: llwyfan (“stage, platform”)
  • Goidelic:[3]

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slēbos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
  2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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