Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/loudos

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

An impeccable match for Sanskrit रुध् (rudh, “to obstruct”); the common root for these would be Proto-Indo-European *lewdʰ- (“to obstruct”).[1]

Noun

*loudos m

  1. obstacle

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *loudos *loudou *loudoi
vocative *loude *loudou *loudoi
accusative *loudom *loudou *loudons
genitive *loudī *loudous *loudom
dative *loudūi *loudobom *loudobos
locative *loudei *? *?
instrumental *loudū *loudobim *loudūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llʉð
    • Middle Breton: luz
    • Middle Welsh: lluð, llut
      • Welsh: lludd
    • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *arllʉð
      • Old Breton: arlup (apparent misspelling of *arlud)
      • Middle Welsh: arlludd
  • >? Middle Irish: lod (“(type of) fence”) (if originally *lód)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lowdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
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