Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bitus

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 *gʷih₃-tus (“life”).[1] Cognate with Latin vita.

    Noun

    *bitus m[1]

    1. world

    Inflection

    Masculine/feminine u-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bitus *bitū *bitowes
    vocative *bitu *bitū *bitūs
    accusative *bitum *bitū *bituns
    genitive *bitous *bitous *bitowom
    dative *bitou *bitubom *bitubos
    locative *? *? *?
    instrumental *bitū *bitubim *bitubis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Brythonic: *bɨd
      • Old Breton: bit, bet
      • Old Cornish: bit, bys
      • Old Welsh: bid
    • Old Irish: bith
    • Gaulish: bitus

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67
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