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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tawsos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“to be quiet, be still”).
Adjective
*tawsos[1][2]
- deaf
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tawsos | *tawsou | *tawsoi |
| vocative | *tawse | *tawsou | *tawsūs |
| accusative | *tawsom | *tawsou | *tawsoms |
| genitive | *tawsī | *tawsous | *tawsom |
| dative | *tawsūi | *tawsobom | *tawsobos |
| instrumental | *tawsū | *tawsobim | *tawsobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tawsā | *tawsai | *tawsās |
| vocative | *tawsā | *tawsai | *tawsās |
| accusative | *tawsam | *tawsai | *tawsams |
| genitive | *tawsās | *tawsous | *tawsom |
| dative | *tawsai | *tawsābom | *tawsābos |
| instrumental | *? | *tawsābim | *tawsābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tawsom | *tawsou | *tawsā |
| vocative | *tawsom | *tawsou | *tawsā |
| accusative | *tawsom | *tawsou | *tawsā |
| genitive | *tawsī | *tawsous | *tawsom |
| dative | *tawsūi | *tawsobom | *tawsobos |
| instrumental | *tawsū | *tawsobim | *tawsobis |
Related terms
- *tawsyeti (“to be silent”)
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: taw (“silence”)
- Welsh: taw
- Middle Breton: tao (“silence”)
- Breton: taw
- Cornish: taw
- Middle Welsh: taw (“silence”)
- Old Irish: tóe, tó, túae
- Middle Irish: tóe
- Irish: tóe
- Middle Irish: tóe
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 373
- Koch, John (2004), “*tauso-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 1