Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸloudom

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 *plowdʰo- (“lead”), and cognate with Latin plumbum (“lead”) and perhaps connected with Proto-Berber *būldūn.[1]

    Rix derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (compare Old Irish ·lúaidi (“moves”), Old Norse fleyta),[2] an enlargement of *plew- (“to flow”); however, Matasovic and de Vaan consider the word to be a borrowing from an unknown substrate.[3]

    Noun

    *ɸloudom n

    1. lead (metal)

    Declension

    Neuter o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ɸloudom *ɸloudou *ɸloudā
    vocative *ɸloudom *ɸloudou *ɸloudā
    accusative *ɸloudom *ɸloudou *ɸloudā
    genitive *ɸloudī *ɸloudous *ɸloudom
    dative *ɸloudūi *ɸloudobom *ɸloudobos
    locative *ɸloudei *? *?
    instrumental *ɸloudū *ɸloudobim *ɸloudūis

    Alternative reconstructions

    Descendants

    • Old Irish: lúaide
    • Gaulish: *loudon
      • → Proto-West Germanic: *laud (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*flowdyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 135-6
    2. ^ Helmut Rix, ed., Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, 2nd edn. (Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2001), 488.
    3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “plumbum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
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