Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/odbos

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Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₃éd(s)gʷ-o-s (knot), and cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hádᶻgas (knot (in a tree); branch).[1] The PIE root is further suggested to be connected to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ósdos (branch) through metathesis, perhaps ultimately deriving from *h₃ésth₁ (bone).[2]

Noun

*odbos m[1]

  1. knot, bulge

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *odbos *odbou *odboi
vocative *odbe *odbou *odboi
accusative *odbom *odbou *odboms
genitive *odbī *odbous *odbom
dative *odbūi *odbobom *odbobos
locative *odbei *? *?
instrumental *odbū *odbobim *odbūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *oðβ
  • Old Irish: odb m

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*odbo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
  2. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “(GIŠ)ḫašduer-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 326-327