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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/letros

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

Uncertain; possibly reconstructible as *ɸletros, liquid metathesized from earlier *ɸeltros, from Proto-Indo-European *pél-tro-m, from *pel- (“to envelope, wrap around”) +‎ *-trom, compare Latin pellis (“pelt, hide”), Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”).[1]

Noun

*letros m[2]

  1. leather, hide

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *letros *letrou *letroi
vocative *letre *letrou *letrūs
accusative *letrom *letrou *letroms
genitive *letrī *letrous *letrom
dative *letrūi *letrobom *letrobos
locative *letrei *? *?
instrumental *letrū *letrobim *letrūis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *lledr
    • Middle Breton: lezr
    • Middle Welsh: lledyr
  • Middle Irish: lethar
  • →? Proto-Germanic: *leþrą (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *fletro-–134
  2. Koch, John (2004) “leather *letro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 199
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