Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glāwos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

*glowos[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḷh₃wós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“to glow”) +‎ *-wós (adjectival suffix).

Noun

*glāwos m[2][3]

glowing thing
(by extension) coal, charcoal

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glāwos	*glāwou	*glāwoi
vocative	*glāwe	*glāwou	*glāwūs
accusative	*glāwom	*glāwou	*glāwoms
genitive	*glāwī	*glāwous	*glāwom
dative	*glāwūi	*glāwobom	*glāwobos
locative	*glāwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*glāwū	*glāwobim	*glāwūis

Derived terms

*glāwū (“glower”)[2]
- ⇒ Old Irish: rétglu (“star”, literally “thing-glower”)
  - Middle Irish: rétlu
    - Irish: réalta
    - Manx: rolt
    - Scottish Gaelic: reul

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *glọw
- Breton: glaou
- Cornish: glow
- Welsh: glo

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*glowo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
Stifter, David (2018), “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu, volume 68, Royal Irish Academy, DOI:10.3318/eriu.2018.68.5, ISSN 0332-0758, pages 29-54
Zair, Nicholas (2010-2011), "British *-āu̯-, *-āg- and the Celtic words for ‘sun’",in Sprache 49(2), pp. 194–216

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*glowo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 161

[Stifter_stars-2] Stifter, David (2018), “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu, volume 68, Royal Irish Academy, DOI:10.3318/eriu.2018.68.5, ISSN 0332-0758, pages 29-54

[3] Zair, Nicholas (2010-2011), "British *-āu̯-, *-āg- and the Celtic words for ‘sun’",in Sprache 49(2), pp. 194–216