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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
''to''-adjective from the PIE root *''b<sup>h</sup>ei̯H''- 'strike' (OIr. -''bíth'' 'struck'; cf. {{m||-}} 'strike'); not clearly in evidence in the Gaulish onomastic record – maybe in some names with second element ''-bito-'', usually listed sub {{m||bit-|bitu-}} 'world, age, life'?
''to''-adjective from the PIE root *''b<sup>h</sup>ei̯H''- 'strike' (OIr. -''bíth'' 'struck'; cf. {{m||bii̯-}} 'striker'); not clearly in evidence in the Gaulish onomastic record – maybe in some names with second element ''-bito-'', usually listed sub {{m||bit-|bitu-}} 'world, age, life'?
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
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Latest revision as of 13:36, 25 November 2024

Type: lexical
Meaning: 'struck'
Language: Celtic
Phonemic analysis: /bīt/-
From PIE: *bhiH-to- 'struck'
From Proto-Celtic: *bīto- 'struck'
Attestation: atbiti

Commentary

to-adjective from the PIE root *bhei̯H- 'strike' (OIr. -bíth 'struck'; cf. bii̯- 'striker'); not clearly in evidence in the Gaulish onomastic record – maybe in some names with second element -bito-, usually listed sub bitu- 'world, age, life'?

Corinna Salomon