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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/woxtlom
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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 *wókʷtlom, from the root *wekʷ- (“to utter, voice”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáktram (“mouth”) (whence Sanskrit वक्त्र (vaktra), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬑𐬆𐬜𐬭𐬀 (vaxəδra)).
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *woxtlom | *woxtlou | *woxtlā |
| vocative | *woxtlom | *woxtlou | *woxtlā |
| accusative | *woxtlom | *woxtlou | *woxtlā |
| genitive | *woxtlī | *woxtlous | *woxtlom |
| dative | *woxtlūi | *woxtlobom | *woxtlobos |
| locative | *woxtlei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *woxtlū | *woxtlobim | *woxtlūis |
Related terms
- *wekʷos
- *woxsman
Descendants
References
- Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović's Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)
- Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise, Xavier Delamarre
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