Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gēstlos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *gʰeydʰ- (“desire, wait for”). Cognate with Lithuanian geidžiu (“to desire”), Proto-Slavic *žьlděti (“to desire”).

Noun

*gēstlos m

hostage
bail

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gēstlos	*gēstlou	*gēstloi
vocative	*gēstle	*gēstlou	*gēstlūs
accusative	*gēstlom	*gēstlou	*gēstlūs
genitive	*gēstlī	*gēstlous	*gēstlom
dative	*gēstlūi	*gēstlobom	*gēstlobos
instrumental	*gēstlū	*gēstlobim	*gēstlobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *guɨstl
- Old Breton: guistl
  - Middle Breton: goestl
    - Breton: gouestl
- Old Cornish: guistel
  - Cornish: gostel
- Middle Welsh: gwystyl, gwystl
  - Welsh: gwystl
Old Irish: gíall
- Irish: giall
- Scottish Gaelic: giall
Gaulish: geistlus
→ Proto-Germanic: *gīslaz (see there for further descendants)