Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/īsarnom
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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]Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēsh₂r̥no- (“bloody, red”), from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”),[1] but the long ē (which regularly became ī in Proto-Celtic) is unexplained. A connection with *ish₂ros (“supernatural, holy”) (compare Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), Sanskrit इषिर (iṣira, “refreshing”)) is also possible, though here too the long ī (which is confirmed by the Proto-Germanic loanword *īsarną) is unexplained.[2]
Noun
[edit]*īsarnom n
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *īsarnom | *īsarnou | *īsarnā |
| vocative | *īsarnom | *īsarnou | *īsarnā |
| accusative | *īsarnom | *īsarnou | *īsarnā |
| genitive | *īsarnī | *īsarnous | *īsarnom |
| dative | *īsarnūi | *īsarnobom | *īsarnobos |
| locative | *īsarnei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *īsarnū | *īsarnobim | *īsarnūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *həjarn (< *hiarno- < *iharno- by metathesis)[3]
- Old Irish: íarn
- Gaulish: Isarnus (proper name)
- → Proto-Germanic: *īsarną (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Warren Cowgill, Indogermanische Grammatik, 1, 1. Halbband, Heidelberg: Winter, 1987, page 68
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 172
- ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 383.