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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lutā

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 *lew- (“dirt, mud”). Cognate with Latin lutum (“dirt, filth”), Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth”) and Albanian lym (“mud”).

Noun

*lutā f[1][2]

  1. dirt, mud

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lutā *lutai *lutās
vocative *lutā *lutai *lutās
accusative *lutam *lutai *lutāms
genitive *lutās *lutous *lutom
dative *lutāi *lutābom *lutābos
locative *lutai *? *?
instrumental *? *lutābim *lutābis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: loth (“mire, mud”)
  • Gaulish: *lutos[3]
    • ⇒ Gaulish: *Lutomagos, *Lutetia, *Luteva
  • Celtiberian: *lutā
    • ⇒ Celtiberian: *Lutiā
      • ⇒ Celtiberian: lutiakos (“belonging to Lutia”) (possibly)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lutā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-50
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*lutā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 225
  3. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “luto-, luteuo-, luteno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 211
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