Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-os
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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 *(ó)-os, which formed tómos-type event nouns from verbal roots.[1]
Noun
*(o)-os m
- Forms verbal nouns corresponding to o-grade causative/iterative verbs.
Usage notes
This suffix causes the root to assume the o-grade. It can form both unprefixed and prefixed verbal nouns, unlike *-om (which can only make prefixed verbal nouns).
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *-os | *-ou | *-oi |
| vocative | *-e | *-ou | *-oi |
| accusative | *-om | *-ou | *-ons |
| genitive | *-ī | *-ous | *-om |
| dative | *-ūi | *-obom | *-obos |
| locative | *-ei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *-ū | *-obim | *-ūis |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Stüber, Karin (2015) Die Verbalabstrakta des Altirischen (in German), pages 105-107