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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kliyos

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰 (hleiduma, left), and Latin clīvius (inauspicious). The left direction was considered a taboo and all Indo-European words meaning "left" come from words meaning "bent" or "crooked" as a result.

Adjective

*kliyos [2]

  1. left

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kliyos *kliyou *kliyoi
vocative *kliye *kliyou *kliyūs
accusative *kliyom *kliyou *kliyoms
genitive *kliyī *kliyous *kliyom
dative *kliyūi *kliyobom *kliyobos
instrumental *kliyū *kliyobim *kliyobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kliyā *kliyai *kliyās
vocative *kliyā *kliyai *kliyās
accusative *kliyam *kliyai *kliyams
genitive *kliyās *kliyous *kliyom
dative *kliyai *kliyābom *kliyābos
instrumental *? *kliyābim *kliyābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *kliyom *kliyou *kliyā
vocative *kliyom *kliyou *kliyā
accusative *kliyom *kliyou *kliyā
genitive *kliyī *kliyous *kliyom
dative *kliyūi *kliyobom *kliyobos
instrumental *kliyū *kliyobim *kliyobis

Derived terms

  • *uɸokliyom

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *kleð
  • Old Irish: clé

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) , “*klēyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
  2. Rudolf Thurneysen (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 94, page 61
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