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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lowenos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, benefit”).
Adjective
*lowenos
- merry, joyful
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lowenos | *lowenou | *lowenoi |
| vocative | *lowene | *lowenou | *lowenūs |
| accusative | *lowenom | *lowenou | *lowenoms |
| genitive | *lowenī | *lowenous | *lowenom |
| dative | *lowenūi | *lowenobom | *lowenobos |
| instrumental | *lowenū | *lowenobim | *lowenobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lowenā | *lowenai | *lowenās |
| vocative | *lowenā | *lowenai | *lowenās |
| accusative | *lowenam | *lowenai | *lowenams |
| genitive | *lowenās | *lowenous | *lowenom |
| dative | *lowenai | *lowenābom | *lowenābos |
| instrumental | *? | *lowenābim | *lowenābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lowenom | *lowenou | *lowenā |
| vocative | *lowenom | *lowenou | *lowenā |
| accusative | *lowenom | *lowenou | *lowenā |
| genitive | *lowenī | *lowenous | *lowenom |
| dative | *lowenūi | *lowenobom | *lowenobos |
| instrumental | *lowenū | *lowenobim | *lowenobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *llowen
- Middle Breton: louen
- Breton: laouen
- Old Cornish: louen
- Middle Cornish: lowen
- Cornish: lowen
- Middle Cornish: lowen
- Middle Welsh: llawen
- Welsh: llawen
- Middle Breton: louen
- Gaulish: *Lawenos
- → Latin: Lavenus
References
Zair, Nicholas (2012), “Schrijver’s rules for British and Proto-Celtic *-ou̯- and *-uu̯- before a vowel”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, page 152
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 337