Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talu

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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

Unknown. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *téHl-u ~ *tHl-éw-s, cognate with Sanskrit तालु (tā́lu, “palate”). Or related to *talamū (“earth”).[1]

Noun

*talu n[1][2]

  1. front
  2. forehead

Declension

Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *talu *talū *talwā
vocative *talu *talū *talwā
accusative *talu *talū *talwā
genitive *talous *talous *talowom
dative *talou *talubom *talubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *talū *talubim *talubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tal
  • Old Irish: taul (“shield boss”), tul, tel
  • Gaulish: *talu[3]
  • Celtiberian: talukokum (gen.pl.) (familiy name)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*talu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*tālu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 132
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “talu-, talamon-”, 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 288

Further reading

  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. (2010) “talukokum”, in Jürgen Untermann, editor, Wörterbuch der keltiberischen Inschriften [Dictionary of Celtiberian inscriptions] (Monumenta linguarum Hispanicarum; V.1), Wiesbaden: Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 358f.
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