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Proto-Celtic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₁-wó-s, from *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow”) + *-wós (adjectival suffix).
Noun
*glāwos m
- glowing thing
- (by extension) coal, charcoal
Inflection
Masculine 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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*glāwos
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*glāwou
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*glāwoi
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| vocative
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*glāwe
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*glāwou
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*glāwoi
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| accusative
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*glāwom
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*glāwou
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*glāwons
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| genitive
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*glāwī
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*glāwous
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*glāwom
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| dative
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*glāwūi
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*glāwobom
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*glāwobos
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| locative
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*glāwei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*glāwū
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*glāwobim
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*glāwūis
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Derived terms
- *glāwū (“glower”)
- ⇒ Old Irish: rétglu (“star”, literally “thing-glower”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*glowo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stifter, David (2018) “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu, volume 68, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 29-54
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2010-2011), "British *-āu̯-, *-āg- and the Celtic words for ‘sun’",
in Sprache 49(2), pp. 194–216
