Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talu

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. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *téHl-u ~ *tHl-éw-s, cognate with Sanskrit तालु (tā́lu, “palate”). Or related to *talamū (“earth”).[1]

Noun

*talu n[1][2]

Declension

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*talu	*talū	*talwā
vocative	*talu	*talū	*talwā
accusative	*talu	*talū	*talwā
genitive	*talous	*talous	*talowom
dative	*talou	*talubom	*talubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*talū	*talubim	*talubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *tal
- Middle Breton: talar
  - Middle Breton: tal
    - Breton: tal
- Old Cornish: tal
  - Cornish: tal, taal
- Old Welsh: tal
  - Middle Welsh: tal
    - Welsh: tâl
Old Irish: taul (“shield boss”), tul, tel
Gaulish: *talu[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Argiotalus (personal name)
Celtiberian: talukokum (gen.pl.) (familiy name)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*talu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
Koch, John (2004) “*tālu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 132
Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “talu-, talamon-”, 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 288