Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bodwos
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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
Given the meaning of the apparent cognate in Proto-Germanic *badwō (“battle”) (whence Old English beadu), the sense "crow" is secondary, borne out of the crow serving as a symbol of violence.[1][2]
Noun
*bodwos m
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bodwos | *bodwou | *bodwoi |
| vocative | *bodwe | *bodwou | *bodwoi |
| accusative | *bodwom | *bodwou | *bodwoms |
| genitive | *bodwī | *bodwous | *bodwom |
| dative | *bodwūi | *bodwobom | *bodwobos |
| locative | *bodwei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *bodwū | *bodwobim | *bodwūis |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *boðw
- Old Irish: Bodb (name of a mythical king)
- Gaulish: Boduos
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Ateboduos
- → Latin: Ateboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduogenos
- → Latin: Boduogenus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduognātos
- → Latin: Boduognatus
- ⇒ Gaulish: Κομβοδουος (Kombodouos)
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Maroboduos
- → Latin: Maroboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Soliboduos
- → Latin: Soliboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Toutoboduos
- → Latin: Teutoboduus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduoialon
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Boduoriton
- → French: Bort
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Ateboduos
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bodwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “boduos, bodua”, 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 81