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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talu
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teHlu-, cognate with Sanskrit तालु (tā́lu, “palate”).[1]
Noun
*talu n[1][2]
- front
- forehead
Declension
Neuter u-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *talu | *talū | *talwā |
vocative | *talu | *talū | *talwā |
accusative | *talu | *talū | *talwā |
genitive | *talous | *talous | *talowom |
dative | *talou | *talubom | *talubos |
locative | *? | *? | *? |
instrumental | *talū | *talubim | *talubis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *tal
- Middle Breton: talar
- Middle Breton: tal
- Breton: tal
- Middle Breton: tal
- Old Cornish: tal
- Cornish: tal, taal
- Old Welsh: tal
- Middle Welsh: tal
- Welsh: tâl
- Middle Welsh: tal
- Middle Breton: talar
- Old Irish: taul, tul, tel
- Gaulish: *talu[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Argiotalus
- Celtiberian: talukokum (gen.pl.)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*talu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- Koch, John (2004), “*tālu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 132
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “talu-, talamon-”, 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 288