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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/toybos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly from an o-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teygʷ- (“flank, side”). Compare Old Armenian թեկն (tʿekn, “shoulder, scapula, back”) and Proto-Slavic *stegno (“thigh, flank”).
Noun
*toybos m
- side
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *toybos | *toybou | *toyboi |
vocative | *toybe | *toybou | *toybūs |
accusative | *toybom | *toybou | *toyboms |
genitive | *toybī | *toybous | *toybom |
dative | *toybūi | *toybobom | *toybobos |
locative | *toybei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *toybū | *toybobim | *toybūis |
Derived terms
- Brythonic:
- Breton: tu
- Cornish: tu
- Welsh: tu
- Goidelic:
- Old Irish: táeb m or f, tóib
- Irish: taobh m or f
- Manx: çheu f
- Scottish Gaelic: taobh m
- Old Irish: táeb m or f, tóib
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 182: “*teigʷ- ‘± side’”