Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oitos

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

Cognate to Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”) and Ancient Greek οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”). They may either be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”)^[1]^[2] or Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to grant”).^[3]

Noun

*oitos m

oath

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*oitos	*oitou	*oitoi
vocative	*oite	*oitou	*oitoi
accusative	*oitom	*oitou	*oitons
genitive	*oitī	*oitous	*oitom
dative	*oitūi	*oitobom	*oitobos
locative	*oitei	*?	*?
instrumental	*oitū	*oitobim	*oitūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ʉd
- ⇒ Old Welsh: anutonou, anutonau pl
Middle Irish: áeth, óeth, oíth
Gaulish: *oitos
- →⇒ Latin: Oitoccius, Aroitus

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*oyto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “oito-”, 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 240
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1063

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*oyto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 305

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “oito-”, 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 240

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1063

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