Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸontā

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 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 *póntoh₁s (which Prósper reconstructs as *pónteh₂s).

Noun

*ɸontā f[1]

  1. path, way

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸontā *ɸontai *ɸontās
vocative *ɸontā *ɸontai *ɸontās
accusative *ɸontam *ɸontai *ɸontāms
genitive *ɸontās *ɸontous *ɸontom
dative *ɸontāi *ɸontābom *ɸontābos
locative *ɸontai *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸontābim *ɸontābis

Descendants

  • ⇒ Gaulish: Eluontiu (dat. sg.) (compounded with the reflex of *ɸelus (“many”))[2]
  • Celtiberian: otai (dat./loc. sg.) (following Prosper's reading; the word has also been read as the unintelligible oboi)

References

  1. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2011) “The Hispano-Celtic Divinity ILVRBEDA, Gold Mining in Western Hispania and the Syntactic Context of Celtiberian arkatobezom ‘Silver Mine’”, in Die Sprache, volume 49, number 1, page 70
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “elu(o)-”, 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 162
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