Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/beyatlis
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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
Usually related to *bināti (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).[1] The derivation is unclear; Russell speculates that it may have originally been *beyalis, but reshaped after instrumental nouns.[2]
Noun
*beyatlis gender unattested[2]
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *beyatlis | *beyatlī | *beyatlīs |
| vocative | *beyatli | *beyatlī | *beyatlīs |
| accusative | *beyatlim | *beyatlī | *beyatlims |
| genitive | *beyatleis | *beyatlyow | *beyatlyom |
| dative | *beyatlei | *beyatlibom | *beyatlibos |
| locative | *beyatlei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *beyatlī | *beyatlibim | *beyatlibis |
Reconstruction notes
The reconstruction of this term is difficult; see Zair (2012) for some considerations.
- The -z- in Middle Breton and the vowel length in Old Irish point to a -tl- suffix, but the -ll (which imply *-sl- or *-ly-) in Cornish and Welsh contradict this.
- Brittonic and Goidelic also disagree on its gender; in Brittonic it is feminine while in Goidelic it is masculine.
- The -h- in Old Welsh and Breton is a mystery; it may be hiatus filler.
Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: biáil
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović, Zagreb, page 5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “axe”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 20
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 323