Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/taxslos

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 *tḱslos, from *teḱ- (“to create, hew”). The formation is comparable to Proto-Germanic *þehsulǭ (“axe”) and Proto-Slavic *tesla (“adze”). The -a- was originally regularly inserted in Italo-Celtic to break up initial clusters of four consonants.[1]

Noun

*taxslos m

  1. adze

Reconstruction notes

Matasović reconstructs *tāxslos with a long vowel to account for the long vowel in Irish, assuming it lengthened naturally before the cluster -xsl-.[2] But Schrijver points out that Breton taladur must necessitate an original short *a; Matasović fails to acknowledge the Breton word despite citing Schrijver.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *taxslos *taxslou *taxsloi
vocative *taxsle *taxslou *taxsloi
accusative *taxslom *taxslou *taxslons
genitive *taxslī *taxslous *taxslom
dative *taxslūi *taxslobom *taxslobos
locative *taxslei *? *?
instrumental *taxslū *taxslobim *taxslūis

Derived terms

  • Unsorted formations:
    • Breton: taladur

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, pages 433-434.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tāxslo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 374
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