Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boudīkos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology 1
From *boudi (“booty, victory”) + *-ākos.
Adjective
*boudīkos
Inflection
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *boudīkos | *boudīkou | *boudīkoi |
| vocative | *boudīke | *boudīkou | *boudīkoi |
| accusative | *boudīkom | *boudīkou | *boudīkons |
| genitive | *boudīkī | *boudīkous | *boudīkom |
| dative | *boudīkūi | *boudīkobom | *boudīkobos |
| instrumental | *boudīkū | *boudīkobim | *boudīkobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *boudīkā | *boudīkai | *boudīkās |
| vocative | *boudīkā | *boudīkai | *boudīkās |
| accusative | *boudīkam | *boudīkai | *boudīkans |
| genitive | *boudīkās | *boudīkous | *boudīkom |
| dative | *boudīkai | *boudīkābom | *boudīkābos |
| instrumental | *? | *boudīkābim | *boudīkābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *boudīkom | *boudīkou | *boudīkā |
| vocative | *boudīkom | *boudīkou | *boudīkā |
| accusative | *boudīkom | *boudīkou | *boudīkā |
| genitive | *boudīkī | *boudīkous | *boudīkom |
| dative | *boudīkūi | *boudīkobom | *boudīkobos |
| instrumental | *boudīkū | *boudīkobim | *boudīkobis |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *boudīkyūs | *? | *boudīkyoses |
| vocative | *boudīkyūs | *? | *boudīkyoses |
| accusative | *boudīkyosam | *? | *boudīkyosans |
| genitive | *boudīkisos | *? | *boudīkisom |
| dative | *boudīkisei | *? | *boudīkisbos |
| instrumental | *boudīkisī | *? | *boudīkisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *boudīkyūs | *? | *boudīkyoses |
| vocative | *boudīkyūs | *? | *boudīkyoses |
| accusative | *boudīkyosam | *? | *boudīkyosans |
| genitive | *boudīkisos | *? | *boudīkisom |
| dative | *boudīkisei | *? | *boudīkisbos |
| instrumental | *boudīkisī | *? | *boudīkisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *boudīkis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *boudīkis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *boudīkis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *boudīkisos | *? | *boudīkisom |
| dative | *boudīkisei | *? | *boudīkisbos |
| instrumental | *boudīkisī | *? | *boudīkisbis |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *bʉðig
- Cornish: budhek
- Middle Welsh: buðic
- Welsh: buddig, buddug
- Old Irish: búadach
- Scottish Gaelic: buaidheach
Etymology 2
An ancient Indo-European compound of *gʷṓws (“cow”) and *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”).[1] For more information, see Jørgensen (2025).[2]
Noun
*boudīkos m
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *boudīkos | *boudīkou | *boudīkoi |
| vocative | *boudīke | *boudīkou | *boudīkoi |
| accusative | *boudīkom | *boudīkou | *boudīkons |
| genitive | *boudīkī | *boudīkous | *boudīkom |
| dative | *boudīkūi | *boudīkobom | *boudīkobos |
| locative | *boudīkei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *boudīkū | *boudīkobim | *boudīkūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *bʉðig
- Gaulish:
- → Poitevin-Saintongeais: boite
References
- ^ Rychło, Mikołaj; Kaczyńska, Elwira; Kowalski, Andrzej; Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz (2024), “Milk-sucking "thieves" in Indo-European folklore: An etymological analysis of zoonyms”, in Lege artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow, volume 9, number 1, Trnava: University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, →ISSN, pages 84-103
- ^ Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (2025), “A tiny Indo-European ‘cow-suckler’? A new etymology for Breton buzhugenn, Middle Cornish vethygan and Gascon bousic, boudic ‘earthworm’”, in Jenny Larsson, Thomas Olander and Anders Richardt Jørgensen, editors, Indo-European Ecologies: Cattle and Milk - Snakes and Water[1], Stockholm University Press, , →ISBN, pages 163–189