Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/to-

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 *to-.[1]

Prefix

*to-

to, towards

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Old Breton: to-
  - Middle Breton: do-, de-
- Cornish: de-
- Old Welsh: di-
  - Middle Welsh: dy-
    - Welsh: dy-
Old Irish: to-, do-, do-
- Middle Irish: do-

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 381

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 381