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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). The by-form *biyatom is from a different formation from the same root.[2]
Noun
*beitom n
- food
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*beitom
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*beitou
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*beitā
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| vocative
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*beitom
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*beitou
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*beitā
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| accusative
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*beitom
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*beitou
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*beitā
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| genitive
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*beitī
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*beitous
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*beitom
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| dative
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*beitūi
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*beitobom
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*beitobos
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| locative
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*beitei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*beitū
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*beitobim
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*beitūis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bēto-, *biyato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
