Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/toybos

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

Possibly from an o-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teygʷ- (“flank, side”).

Noun

*toybos m

side

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*toybos	*toybou	*toyboi
vocative	*toybe	*toybou	*toybūs
accusative	*toybom	*toybou	*toybūs
genitive	*toybī	*toybous	*toybom
dative	*toybūi	*toybobom	*toybobos
instrumental	*toybū	*toybobim	*toybobis

Derived terms

Brythonic:
- Breton: tu
- Cornish: tu
- Welsh: tu
Goidelic:
- Old Irish: táeb m or f
  - Irish: taobh m or f
  - Manx: çheu f
  - Scottish Gaelic: taobh m

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387

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