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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/blāwos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Latin flavus.[1]
Adjective
*blāwos[1]
- yellow
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *blāwos | *blāwou | *blāwoi |
| vocative | *blāwe | *blāwou | *blāwūs |
| accusative | *blāwom | *blāwou | *blāwoms |
| genitive | *blāwī | *blāwous | *blāwom |
| dative | *blāwūi | *blāwobom | *blāwobos |
| instrumental | *blāwū | *blāwobim | *blāwobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *blāwā | *blāwai | *blāwās |
| vocative | *blāwā | *blāwai | *blāwās |
| accusative | *blāwam | *blāwai | *blāwams |
| genitive | *blāwās | *blāwous | *blāwom |
| dative | *blāwai | *blāwābom | *blāwābos |
| instrumental | *? | *blāwābim | *blāwābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *blāwom | *blāwou | *blāwā |
| vocative | *blāwom | *blāwou | *blāwā |
| accusative | *blāwom | *blāwou | *blāwā |
| genitive | *blāwī | *blāwous | *blāwom |
| dative | *blāwūi | *blāwobom | *blāwobos |
| instrumental | *blāwū | *blāwobim | *blāwobis |
Descendants
- Goidelic:
- Old Irish: blá[2]
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*blāwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 68
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
See also
| *bānos, *loukos, *windos | *ɸlētos | *dubus |
| *roudos; *dergos | *dusnos | *blāwos, *melinos |
| *glastos | ||
| *gurmos | ||