Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlitawī

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂éwih₂ (“country”) from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pər^əθβī) and Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).^[1]

Noun

*ɸlitawī f^[2]

country, earth

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸlitawī	*ɸlitawī	*ɸlitawiyās
vocative	*ɸlitawī	*ɸlitawī	*ɸlitawiyās
accusative	*ɸlitawīm	*ɸlitawī	*ɸlitawīms
genitive	*ɸlitawyās	*ɸlitawyous	*ɸlitawyom
dative	*ɸlitawyai	*ɸlitawyābom	*ɸlitawyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*ɸlitawyābim	*ɸlitawyābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *Llɨdaw (“mainland Europe; Brittany”)
- Old Breton: Letau
  - Breton: Ledav
  - → French: Létavie
- Cornish: Lesow
- Old Welsh: Litau
  - Welsh: Llydaw
- → Old English: *Lidwīc
  - Old English: Lidwīccas, Lidwīcingas (“Bretons”)
Old Irish: Letha (“Brittany, Armoric Gaul”)^[3]
Gaulish: *litawi^[4]

References

^ West, M. L. (2007) Indo-European Poetry and Myth, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 178–179
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Letha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “litaui”, 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 204

[1] West, M. L. (2007) Indo-European Poetry and Myth, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 178–179

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*flitano-, *flitawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

[3] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Letha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[DLG-4] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “litaui”, 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 204

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