Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/geistlos

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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 *gʰeydʰ- (“desire, wait for”), apparently interpreted as "one who waits (to be released)". Cognate with Lithuanian geidžiù (“to desire”), Proto-Slavic *žьdati (“to await”).[1]

Noun

*geistlos m

  1. hostage
  2. bail

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *geistlos *geistlou *geistloi
vocative *geistle *geistlou *geistlūs
accusative *geistlom *geistlou *geistloms
genitive *geistlī *geistlous *geistlom
dative *geistlūi *geistlobom *geistlobos
locative *geistlei *? *?
instrumental *geistlū *geistlobim *geistlūis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gēstlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 159
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