Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glāwos

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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[edit]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃wós, from *ǵʰelh₃- (to glow) +‎ *-wós (adjectival suffix).

Noun[edit]

*glāwos m[2][3]

  1. glowing thing
  2. (by extension) coal, charcoal

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *glāwos *glāwou *glāwoi
vocative *glāwe *glāwou *glāwūs
accusative *glāwom *glāwou *glāwoms
genitive *glāwī *glāwous *glāwom
dative *glāwūi *glāwobom *glāwobos
locative *glāwei *? *?
instrumental *glāwū *glāwobim *glāwūis

Derived terms[edit]

  • *glāwū (glower)[2]
    • Old Irish: rétglu (star, literally thing-glower)
      • Middle Irish: rétlu

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*glowo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stifter, David (2018) “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu, volume 68, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 29-54
  3. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2010-2011), "British *-āu̯-, *-āg- and the Celtic words for ‘sun’", in Sprache 49(2), pp. 194–216