Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sleibos

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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

Matasović proposes that the term comes from Proto-Indo-European *sley-bʰo-, with the root as Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“to smear”), so the meaning would have been 'slippery surface, slope'. He concludes, however, that the semantic connection is weak. Thurneysen connects it to the Germanic slip family of words (Proto-Germanic *sleupaną/*slaupijaną, Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”)).

Noun

*sleibos n

  1. slope

Declension

Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sleibos *sleibese? *sleibesa
vocative *sleibos *sleibese? *sleibesa
accusative *sleibos *sleibese? *sleibesa
genitive *sleibesos *sleibesous? *sleibesom
dative *sleibesei *sleibesbom *sleibesbos
locative *sleibesi *? *?
instrumental *sleibesei *sleibesbim *sleibesbis

Derived terms

  • Brythonic: *lluɨβ
    • Old Breton: libiriou
    • Welsh: llwyfan (“stage, platform”)
  • Goidelic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slēbos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 188, page 117; reprinted 2017
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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