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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ballos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”).[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós) and Latin follis.
Noun
*ballos m[1][2]
- member, penis
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ballos | *ballou | *balloi |
| vocative | *balle | *ballou | *ballūs |
| accusative | *ballom | *ballou | *balloms |
| genitive | *ballī | *ballous | *ballom |
| dative | *ballūi | *ballobom | *ballobos |
| locative | *ballei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ballū | *ballobim | *ballūis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: ball
- Irish: ball
- Scottish Gaelic: ball
- Gaulish: *ballos[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: Andonnoballos
- ⇒ Gaulish: Ballomarios
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ballo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53
- Koch, John (2004), “*ballo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 217
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “ballos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 65