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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸloudom
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Proto-Celtic
Alternative reconstructions
- *loudom
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (compare Old Irish ·lúaidi (“moved”), Old Norse fleyta)[1] enlargement of *plew- (“to flow”).
Noun
*ɸloudom n
- lead (metal)
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸloudom | *ɸloudou | *ɸloudā |
| vocative | *ɸloudom | *ɸloudou | *ɸloudā |
| accusative | *ɸloudom | *ɸloudou | *ɸloudā |
| genitive | *ɸloudī | *ɸloudous | *ɸloudom |
| dative | *ɸloudūi | *ɸloudobom | *ɸloudobos |
| instrumental | *ɸloudū | *ɸloudobim | *ɸloudobis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: lúaide
- Irish: luaidhe
- Manx: leoaie
- Scottish Gaelic: luaidhe
- Gaulish: *laudon
- → West Germanic: *laud (see there for further descendants)
References
- Helmut Rix, ed., Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, 2nd edn. (Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2001), 488.