Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skoltā

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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 *(s)kelH- (to split, cut)[1] + *-tā.[2] The o-grade is irregular, but it could have been influenced by the derived verb *skoltīti.

Noun

*skoltā f

  1. split
  2. fissure, rift

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *skoltā *skoltai *skoltās
vocative *skoltā *skoltai *skoltās
accusative *skoltam *skoltai *skoltāms
genitive *skoltās *skoltous *skoltom
dative *skoltāi *skoltābom *skoltābos
locative *skoltai *? *?
instrumental *? *skoltābim *skoltābis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hwollt (with *hw from the verb)
  • Irish: scoilt

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skoltā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 343
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 358