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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Possibly from an o-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teygʷ- (“flank, side”). Compare Old Armenian թեկն (tʻekn, “shoulder, scapula, back”) and Proto-Slavic *stegno (“thigh, flank”).
Noun
*toybos m
- side
Declension
| Masculine o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*toybos
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*toybou
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*toyboi
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| vocative
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*toybe
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*toybou
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*toyboi
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| accusative
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*toybom
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*toybou
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*toyboms
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| genitive
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*toybī
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*toybous
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*toybom
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| dative
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*toybūi
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*toybobom
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*toybobos
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| locative
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*toybei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*toybū
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*toybobim
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*toybūis
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Derived terms
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 182: “*teigʷ- ‘± side’”
