Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/līwos

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)lih₃-wó-s, from *(s)leh₃y- +‎ *-wós.

*līwos m^[1][2][3]

1. colour

• Proto-Brythonic: *lliw
  • Old Breton: liu, liou
    • Middle Breton: liu
      • Breton: liv
  • Old Cornish: liu
    • Middle Cornish: lyw
      • Cornish: liw
  • Old Welsh: liu
    • Middle Welsh: lliw
      • Welsh: lliw
• Old Irish: lí, líi
  • Middle Irish: lí
    • Irish: lí
• Gaulish: *lios^[4]

From Proto-Indo-European *léh₁u-s ~ *l̥h₁w-és, from *leh₁- (“stone”).^[5] Cognate with Albanian lerë (“boulder”), Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀨𐀁𐀊 (ra-e-ja, “stone”) and possibly Old Armenian լեառն (leaṙn, “mountain”).

*līwos m

1. stone

• *lausā (< *l̥h₁w-éh₂)
  • Gaulish: *lausā^[6]
    • → Vulgar Latin: *lausa (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ *lausankā
    • Gaulish: *lausankā^[7]
      • → Vulgar Latin: *lausanga (see there for further descendants)
        • Old French: losenge, loseigne, losinge, lozenge (see there for further descendants)
        • Old French: Lausanne

• *līwankas^[5]
  • Old Irish: líac
    • → Breton: liac'h^[5]

• Old Irish: lie