Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dolinyā
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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]From *dol- (“leaves”) + *-inyā (feminine singulative suffix).[1]
Noun
[edit]*dolinyā f
- a leaf
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dolinyā | *dolinyai | *dolinyās |
| vocative | *dolinyā | *dolinyai | *dolinyās |
| accusative | *dolinyam | *dolinyai | *dolinyāms |
| genitive | *dolinyās | *dolinyous | *dolinyom |
| dative | *dolinyāi | *dolinyābom | *dolinyābos |
| locative | *dolinyai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *dolinyābim | *dolinyābis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Other flawed reconstructions have been offered previously:
- Matasović, failing to notice the singulative suffix, reconstructs *dolnyā.[2]
- Koch erroneously reconstructs *dalinyo-;[3] while seemingly recognizing the presence of a singulative suffix, he gets the word's gender wrong (it is actually feminine) and he does not notice Old Irish duilne and Middle Irish duille, which rule out the zero-grade of the root.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, page 180
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dol-V-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 102-103
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “leaf”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 198