Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gnīmus

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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]

Related to *gniyeti (to do, make). Contains a suffix *-mus.

Noun[edit]

*gnīmus m[1]

  1. doing, act, action
  2. work

Inflection[edit]

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gnīmus *gnīmū *gnīmowes
vocative *gnīmu *gnīmū *gnīmūs
accusative *gnīmum *gnīmū *gnīmums
genitive *gnīmous *gnīmous *gnīmowom
dative *gnīmou *gnīmubom *gnīmubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *gnīmū *gnīmubim *gnīmubis

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gniβ̃
  • Old Irish: gním

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gnīmu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 163