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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸitu

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 *péy-tu-s ~ *pi-t-éws (whence Sanskrit पितु (pitú, “nutrition”), Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬙𐬎‎ (pitu, “food”)), from *pey- (“food, nutrition”) +‎ *-tus. Cognate Proto-Slavic *piťa, Lithuanian piẽtūs (“dinner”, pl.), Boeotian Greek πιτεύω (piteúō, “to irrigate, to water (cattle)”).

Noun

*ɸitu n[1]

  1. corn, grain

Declension
Neuter u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸitu *ɸitū *ɸitwā
vocative *ɸitu *ɸitū *ɸitwā
accusative *ɸitu *ɸitū *ɸitwā
genitive *ɸitous *ɸitous *ɸitowom
dative *ɸitou *ɸitubom *ɸitubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *ɸitū *ɸitubim *ɸitubis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *ɨd (“corn, grain”)
    • Middle Breton: et, eth, yt
      • Breton: ed
    • Old Cornish: yd
      • Middle Cornish: eys, ys
      • ⇒ Old Cornish: hitaduer
    • Middle Welsh: yt
  • Old Irish: ith n (“corn, grain”)
  • Gaulish: *itu[2]
    • ⇒ Latin: Itius, Ittu (personal name)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*fitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
  2. Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “iutta”, 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 435
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