Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/towe

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 *téwe, genitive singular of *túh₂.

Pronoun

*towe[1][2]

  1. genitive singular of *tū: your sg, thy

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: do, du, t' (determiner), taí (disjunctive)
    • Irish: do
    • Scottish Gaelic: do
    • Manx: dty

References

  1. ^ Hamp, Eric (1975), “Miscellanea Celtica”, in Studia Celtica, volume 10, page 70
  2. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 333.
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