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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸowtus

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 *pew-. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɸow.tus/

Noun

*ɸowtus m

  1. fear

Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸowtus *ɸowtū *ɸowtowes
vocative *ɸowtu *ɸowtū *ɸowtūs
accusative *ɸowtum *ɸowtū *ɸowtūs
genitive *ɸowtous *ɸowtous *ɸowtowom
dative *ɸowtou *ɸowtubom *ɸowtubos
instrumental *ɸowtū *ɸowtubim *ɸowtubis

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
    • Breton: euzh (“horror”)
    • Cornish: uth
  • Old Irish: úath
    • Irish: fuath (“hate”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: fuath (“hate”)
  • *ɸowtros (“terrible”)
    • Welsh: uthr (“awful, mighty, terrific”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*fowtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 138
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