Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wimmonā
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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]
Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language, or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weyb- (“to wind around”).[1] Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages, unless the Iberian Romance words for “asphodel” are derived from a Celtic language.
Reconstructed by Hamp as *wismon-.[2][3]
Noun[edit]
*wimmonā f[4]
Declension[edit]
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wimmonā | *wimmonai | *wimmonās |
| vocative | *wimmonā | *wimmonai | *wimmonās |
| accusative | *wimmonam | *wimmonai | *wimmonāms |
| genitive | *wimmonās | *wimmonous | *wimmonom |
| dative | *wimmonāi | *wimmonābom | *wimmonābos |
| locative | *wimmonai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *wimmonābim | *wimmonābis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨmon
- Middle Irish: femain, femmain, femm
- >? Proto-Ibero-Romance: *gamōnem (“asphodel”)
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯eip-, u̯eib-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1132
- ^ Hamp, Eric P. (1978–80) “Notulae etymologicae cymricae”, in Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, volume 28, pages 213–17
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 158
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN