Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/abū

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₂ep-.

Noun

*abū f

river

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*abū	*abone?	*abones
vocative	*abū	*abone?	*abones
accusative	*abonam	*abone?	*abonās
genitive	*abonos	*abonows?	*abonom
dative	*abonē	*abombom	*abombos
instrumental	*abonē	*abombim	*abombis

The Old Irish genitive singular abae apparently derives from an s-stem form like *abesos.

Descendants

Brythonic: *aβon
- Middle Breton: auon
  - Breton: avon
- Cornish: avon
- Middle Welsh: afon
  - Welsh: afon
Old Irish: aub, ab, ob, oub
- Middle Irish: ab, aband, abann
  - Irish: abha, abhainn
  - Manx: awin
  - Scottish Gaelic: abhainn

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