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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bāus

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 *gʷṓws. Because of the way root nouns decline in Celtic, the original PIE accusative *gʷṓm and genitive *gʷéws were made obsolete, which would have otherwise yielded Celtic *bām and *bous respectively. Cognate with Latin bōs.

Noun

*bāus f[1]

  1. cow

Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bāus *bowe *bowes
vocative *bāus *bowe *bowes
accusative *bowam *bowe *bowams
genitive *bowos *bowou *bowom
dative *bowei *bowobom *bowobos
locative *bowi — —
instrumental *bowe? *bowobim *bowobis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *bʉ
    • Breton: bu
    • Middle Welsh: bu, buw
    • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *bʉx
  • Old Irish: bó

Derived terms
  • *boustom
    • Old Irish: búas
    • Celtiberian: boustom

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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