Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bostā

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 *gʷosdeh₂, from *gʷésdos (“branch”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *kwastō (compare Old English cwist (“branch”), Old High German questa (“tuft”), Old Norse kvistr (“twig”)), Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (compare Czech hvozd (“forest”), Slovene gòzd (“forest”), Russian гвоздь (gvozdʹ, “nail”)), Proto-Albanian *gazda (compare Albanian gjeth (“leaf”)).

Noun

*bostā f

1. palm, fist

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bostā	*bostai	*bostās
vocative	*bostā	*bostai	*bostās
accusative	*bostam	*bostai	*bostāms
genitive	*bostās	*bostous	*bostom
dative	*bostāi	*bostābom	*bostābos
locative	*bostai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*bostābim	*bostābis

Derived terms

• *ambostā

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *bos
  • Middle Breton: boz
    • Breton: boz
  • Old Welsh: bos
    • Middle Welsh: bos
      • Welsh: bos
• Old Irish: bas
  • Irish: bos, bas
    • → Yola: baush, bash
  • Scottish Gaelic: bas
• Gaulish: *bostyā
  • → Medieval Latin: bostia (see there for further descendants)