Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/toutā

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 *tewtéh₂.

Noun

*toutā f[1]

  1. people, tribe
  2. tribal land

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *toutā *toutai *toutās
vocative *toutā *toutai *toutās
accusative *toutam *toutai *toutāns
genitive *toutās *toutous *toutom
dative *toutāi *toutābom *toutābos
locative *toutai *? *?
instrumental *? *toutābim *toutābis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tʉd
    • Middle Breton: tut
    • Cornish: tus
    • Middle Welsh: tut
  • Old Irish: túath
  • Gaulish: touta, teuta

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*towtā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
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