Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glāwos

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 *ǵʰl̥h₁-wó-s, from *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, glow”) +‎ *-wós (adjectival suffix).

Noun

*glāwos m[1][2]

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

Inflection

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

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

  • *glāwū (“glower”)[1]
    • ⇒ Old Irish: rétglu (“star”, literally “thing-glower”)
      • Middle Irish: rétlu

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stifter, David (2018), “The stars look very different today”, in Ériu, volume 68, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 29-54
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2010-2011), "British *-āu̯-, *-āg- and the Celtic words for ‘sun’", in Sprache 49(2), pp. 194–216
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*glowo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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