Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bitus

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 *gʷih₃-tus (“life”).^[1] Cognate with Latin vita.

Noun

*bitus m^[1]

world

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bitus	*bitū	*bitowes
vocative	*bitu	*bitū	*bitūs
accusative	*bitum	*bitū	*bituns
genitive	*bitous	*bitous	*bitowom
dative	*bitou	*bitubom	*bitubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*bitū	*bitubim	*bitubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *bɨd
- Old Breton: bit, bet
  - Breton: bed
- Old Cornish: bit, bys
  - Cornish: bys, bes
- Old Welsh: bid
  - Middle Welsh: byd
    - Welsh: byd
Old Irish: bith
- Irish: bith
- →? Middle Welsh: byth
  - Welsh: byth
Gaulish: bitus
- ⇒ Gaulish: Biturīges
  - → Latin: Bituriges
    - French: Bourges, Berry

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bitu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

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