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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/biwotūts

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 *biwos (alive) + *-tūts (suffix deriving abstracts from adjectives).

Noun

*biwotūts m[1]

  1. life

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *biwotūts *biwotūte *biwotūtes
vocative *biwotūts *biwotūte *biwotūtes
accusative *biwotūtam *biwotūte *biwotūtams
genitive *biwotūtos *biwotūtou *biwotūtom
dative *biwotūtei *biwotūtobom *biwotūtobos
locative *biwotūti
instrumental *biwotūte? *biwotūtobim *biwotūtobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bɨwüd
    • Middle Welsh: bywyt
  • Old Irish: bethu, beothu, bethad

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bywyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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