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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bitus
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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 *gʷih₃-tus (“life”).[1] Cognate with Latin vita.
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bitus | *bitū | *bitowes |
| vocative | *bitu | *bitū | *bitūs |
| accusative | *bitum | *bitū | *bitums |
| genitive | *bitous | *bitous | *bitowom |
| dative | *bitou | *bitubom | *bitubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *bitū | *bitubim | *bitubis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67
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