Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/baskis
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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[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”)[1] or non-Indo-European source.[2] Cognate with Latin fascis (“bundle, faggot”), and perhaps Ancient Greek φάσκωλος (pháskōlos, “leathern bag, sack”), Albanian bashkë (“fleece”).
Noun[edit]
*baskis m
Declension[edit]
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *baskis | *baskī | *baskīs |
| vocative | *baski | *baskī | *baskīs |
| accusative | *baskim | *baskī | *baskims |
| genitive | *baskeis | *baskyow | *baskyom |
| dative | *baskei | *baskibom | *baskibos |
| locative | *baskei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *baskī | *baskibim | *baskibis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Hispano-Celtic:
- → Arabic: فَشْقَار (fašqār, “a heap of sheaves”), فَشْقَر (fašqar)
- → Aragonese: fascal (“a heap of sheaves, a bundle of six sheaves; nautical: a wisp of plaits of raw esparto from which cables are made”), fascar
- → Galician: vascullo (“a bundle of straw; broom”), bascallo, bascullo, vascallo, vasallo
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 58
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203