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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/loukos
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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 *lewkós, from *lewk-.
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lowkos | *lowkou | *lowkoi |
| vocative | *lowke | *lowkou | *lowkoi |
| accusative | *lowkom | *lowkou | *lowkoms |
| genitive | *lowkī | *lowkous | *lowkom |
| dative | *lowkūi | *lowkobom | *lowkobos |
| instrumental | *lowkū | *lowkobim | *lowkobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lowkā | *lowkai | *lowkās |
| vocative | *lowkā | *lowkai | *lowkās |
| accusative | *lowkam | *lowkai | *lowkams |
| genitive | *lowkās | *lowkous | *lowkom |
| dative | *lowkai | *lowkābom | *lowkābos |
| instrumental | *? | *lowkābim | *lowkābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *lowkom | *lowkou | *lowkā |
| vocative | *lowkom | *lowkou | *lowkā |
| accusative | *lowkom | *lowkou | *lowkā |
| genitive | *lowkī | *lowkous | *lowkom |
| dative | *lowkūi | *lowkobom | *lowkobos |
| instrumental | *lowkū | *lowkobim | *lowkobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *llʉg
- Middle Welsh: lluc
- Welsh: llug m (“eyesight, perception”)
- Middle Welsh: lluc
- Middle Irish: lóch (“bright”), lúach
- Gaulish: Leucus
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 245-246
- Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales
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