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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bodyos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bodyos (“yellow”). Cognate with Latin badius.
Adjective
*bodyos[1]
- yellow
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bodyos | *bodyou | *bodyoi |
| vocative | *bodye | *bodyou | *bodyūs |
| accusative | *bodyom | *bodyou | *bodyoms |
| genitive | *bodyī | *bodyous | *bodyom |
| dative | *bodyūi | *bodyobom | *bodyobos |
| instrumental | *bodyū | *bodyobim | *bodyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bodyā | *bodyai | *bodyās |
| vocative | *bodyā | *bodyai | *bodyās |
| accusative | *bodyam | *bodyai | *bodyams |
| genitive | *bodyās | *bodyous | *bodyom |
| dative | *bodyai | *bodyābom | *bodyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *bodyābim | *bodyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *bodyom | *bodyou | *bodyā |
| vocative | *bodyom | *bodyou | *bodyā |
| accusative | *bodyom | *bodyou | *bodyā |
| genitive | *bodyī | *bodyous | *bodyom |
| dative | *bodyūi | *bodyobom | *bodyobos |
| instrumental | *bodyū | *bodyobim | *bodyobis |
Descendants
- Gaulish: *Bayos (proper name), *Bodyokasses (“Baiocasses”)
- Gallo-Latin: Baius
- → Latin: Baiocasses
- Old Irish: buide, boide
- Irish: buí
- Manx: buigh, bwee
- Scottish Gaelic: buidhe
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN