Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/albiyū

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 *h₂elbʰós (“white”). For the semantic development, compare Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ, “light; world”).[1]

    Noun

    *albiyū f

    1. luminous world, upper world, (the habitable surface of the) world
    2. high mountain (especially in the Alps), alp
    3. alpine pasture
    4. Britain

    Declension

    Masculine/feminine n-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *albiyū *albiyone? *albiyones
    vocative *albiyū *albiyone? *albiyones
    accusative *albiyonam *albiyone? *albiyonans
    genitive *albiyonos *albiyonows? *albiyonom
    dative *albiyonei *albiyombom *albiyombos
    locative *albiyon(i) *? *?
    instrumental *albiyonei *albiyombim *albiyombis
    • *albanos
    • *albiyos
    • *albos

    Descendants

    • Proto-Brythonic: *ėlβɨð
      • Old Welsh: elbid
        • Middle Welsh: eluit, eluyd
          • Welsh: elfydd
    • Goidelic:
    • Hispano-Celtic:
    • → Ancient Greek: Ἀλβίων (Albíōn), Ἀλουΐων (Alouḯōn)
    • → Proto-West Germanic: *albijā
    • →? Latin: alpis, Alpēs (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*albiyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29

    Further reading

    • Celtic Lexicon – University of Wales
    • Philip Freeman (2006), “Albion, Albiones”, in John T. Koch, editor, Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, volume 1, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 38f.
    • Xavier Delamarre (2003), “albos, albios, albanos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, 2nd edition, Paris: Editions Errance, →ISBN, page 37f.
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