Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-biyos

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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 the stem *bi- of *bināti (“to strike”) +‎ *-iyos (agent suffix).

Suffix

*-biyos m[1]

  1. striker, killer

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-biyos *-biyou *-biyoi
vocative *-biye *-biyou *-biyoi
accusative *-biyom *-biyou *-biyoms
genitive *-biyī *-biyous *-biyom
dative *-biyūi *-biyobom *-biyobos
locative *-biyei *? *?
instrumental *-biyū *-biyobim *-biyūis

Descendants

  • ⇒ Old Irish: Faílbe (literally “wolf-killer”)
  • Gaulish: *-bios

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “-biion”, 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 75
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