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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/towe

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 *téwe, genitive singular of *túh₂.

Pronoun

*towe[1][2]

  1. genitive singular of *tū: your sg, thy

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: do, du, t' (determiner), taí (disjunctive)
    • Irish: do
    • Scottish Gaelic: do
    • Manx: dty

References
  1. Hamp, Eric (1975) “Miscellanea Celtica”, in Studia Celtica, volume 10, page 70
  2. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 333
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