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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlitawī

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *pl̥th₂éwih₂ (“country”) from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”).

Noun

*ɸlitawī f [1]

  1. country, earth

Declension
Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawyās
vocative *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawyās
accusative *ɸlitawīm *ɸlitawī *ɸlitawīs
genitive *ɸlitawyās *ɸlitawyous *ɸlitawyom
dative *ɸlitawyai *ɸlitawyābom *ɸlitawyābos
instrumental *? *ɸlitawyābim *ɸlitawyābis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: *lɨdaw
    • Old Breton: Letau
    • Old Welsh: Litau
  • Gaulish: Litaui

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
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