Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skamos
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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]
Uncertain, as a-vocalisms are not common. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem-, same source as Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”). Similar semantic connections can be found between "light" and "lungs" in other Indo-European languages, such as Proto-Germanic *lungô (“lung”) being from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“nimble, light”).[1][2]
Adjective[edit]
*skamos[2]
- light (not heavy)
Inflection[edit]
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skamos | *skamou | *skamoi |
| vocative | *skame | *skamou | *skamoi |
| accusative | *skamom | *skamou | *skamoms |
| genitive | *skamī | *skamous | *skamom |
| dative | *skamūi | *skamobom | *skamobos |
| instrumental | *skamū | *skamobim | *skamobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skamā | *skamai | *skamās |
| vocative | *skamā | *skamai | *skamās |
| accusative | *skamam | *skamai | *skamams |
| genitive | *skamās | *skamous | *skamom |
| dative | *skamai | *skamābom | *skamābos |
| instrumental | *? | *skamābim | *skamābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *skamom | *skamou | *skamā |
| vocative | *skamom | *skamou | *skamā |
| accusative | *skamom | *skamou | *skamā |
| genitive | *skamī | *skamous | *skamom |
| dative | *skamūi | *skamobom | *skamobos |
| instrumental | *skamū | *skamobim | *skamobis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sgamhan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skamo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 339