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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slattā

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

Possibly loaned from a substrate language of northwestern Europe, hinted by the geminate and a-vocalism. This substrate could also have been the source of Proto-Germanic *lattō (“plank, board”), but with loss of initial *s-. Perhaps related to the root of *sladyeti (“to slay, hit”) (compare Proto-Germanic *slahaną); similar sense development can be found in Serbo-Croatian šibati (“to flog, whip”) > šiba (“rod, switch”).

Noun

*slattā f[1]

  1. staff, stalk

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *slattā *slattai *slattās
vocative *slattā *slattai *slattās
accusative *slattam *slattai *slattāms
genitive *slattās *slattous *slattom
dative *slattāi *slattābom *slattābos
locative *slattai *? *?
instrumental *? *slattābim *slattābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *llaθ
    • Old Breton: lath
      • Breton: lazh
    • Cornish: lath
    • Welsh: llath
  • Old Irish: slat

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slatta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
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