< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bowā
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷowh₁-éh₂, from *gʷewh₁- (“to defecate”).
Noun
*bowā f[1][2]
- dirt, filth
- excrement
Declension
Feminine ā-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *bowā | *bowai | *bowās |
vocative | *bowā | *bowai | *bowās |
accusative | *bowam | *bowai | *bowāms |
genitive | *bowās | *bowous | *bowom |
dative | *bowāi | *bowābom | *bowābos |
locative | *bowai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *bowābim | *bowābis |
Descendants
- Welsh: baw
- Gaulish: *bawā
- → Old French: boue, bowe, bou, bow
- Middle French: boue, boe
- French: boue
- Middle French: boue, boe
- → Old French: boue, bowe, bou, bow
- Hispano-Celtic:
- ⇒ Galician: bouta
References
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “baua”, 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 69
- Koch, John (2004), “*bawā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 226