Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tlustus

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

Of uncertain etymology.

  • Vendryes relates this to *tlinati (“to take away”), by which this word would be broken down into *tl-u-stus.[1]
  • Matasović attempts to relate this to Latin locus (“place”) by reconstructing *tloxstus, which is complicated by the vowel of Welsh tlws, forcing him to assume that the Welsh word was borrowed from Irish.[2]

Noun

*tlustus m

  1. treasure

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tlustus *tlustū *tlustowes
vocative *tlustu *tlustū *tlustūs
accusative *tlustum *tlustū *tlustuns
genitive *tlustous *tlustous *tlustowom
dative *tlustou *tlustubom *tlustubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *tlustū *tlustubim *tlustubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tlus
  • Middle Irish: tlus

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tlustu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 381
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