Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gutus

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuH-tu-s (“to call on, invoke”), from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).

Noun

*gutus m[1]

voice

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gutus	*gutū	*gutowes
vocative	*gutu	*gutū	*gutūs
accusative	*gutum	*gutū	*gutums
genitive	*gutous	*gutous	*gutowom
dative	*gutou	*gutubom	*gutubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*gutū	*gutubim	*gutubis

Descendants

Old Irish: guth
- Irish: guth
- Manx: goo
- Scottish Gaelic: guth
Gaulish: *gutus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *gutuatir (+ *atir (“father”))[2]
  - → Latin: gutuater (“priest”)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gutu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “gutuater-”, 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 184

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gutu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 169

[DLG-2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “gutuater-”, 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 184