Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/altos
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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
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-. Cognate with Latin altus, Old High German alt.
Noun
[edit]*altos m[1]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *altos | *altou | *altoi |
| vocative | *alte | *altou | *altoi |
| accusative | *altom | *altou | *altoms |
| genitive | *altī | *altous | *altom |
| dative | *altūi | *altobom | *altobos |
| locative | *altei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *altū | *altobim | *altūis |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*altos
- past participle of *aleti (“to nourish”): nourished, fostered
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *altos | *altou | *altoi |
| vocative | *alte | *altou | *altoi |
| accusative | *altom | *altou | *altoms |
| genitive | *altī | *altous | *altom |
| dative | *altūi | *altobom | *altobos |
| instrumental | *altū | *altobim | *altobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *altā | *altai | *altās |
| vocative | *altā | *altai | *altās |
| accusative | *altam | *altai | *altams |
| genitive | *altās | *altous | *altom |
| dative | *altai | *altābom | *altābos |
| instrumental | *? | *altābim | *altābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *altom | *altou | *altā |
| vocative | *altom | *altou | *altā |
| accusative | *altom | *altou | *altā |
| genitive | *altī | *altous | *altom |
| dative | *altūi | *altobom | *altobos |
| instrumental | *altū | *altobim | *altobis |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30