Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-tūts

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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

Compare Latin -tūs (genitive -tūtis).

Suffix

*-tūts m

  1. Forms abstract nouns from adjectives.
    *biwos (living) + ‎*-tūts → ‎*biwotūts (life)

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-tūts *-tūte *-tūtes
vocative *-tūts *-tūte *-tūtes
accusative *-tūtam *-tūte *-tūtams
genitive *-tūtos *-tūtou *-tūtom
dative *-tūtei *-tūtobom *-tūtobos
locative *-tūti
instrumental *-tūte? *-tūtobim *-tūtobis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *-did (from the oblique stem)
  • Old Irish: -tu