Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/edennos

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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; possibly from earlier *ɸedennos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-n̥-no-s, from *ped- (to bind, tie, restrain).[1]

Noun[edit]

*edennos m[1]

  1. ivy

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸedennos *ɸedennou *ɸedennoi
vocative *ɸedenne *ɸedennou *ɸedennūs
accusative *ɸedennom *ɸedennou *ɸedennoms
genitive *ɸedennī *ɸedennous *ɸedennom
dative *ɸedennūi *ɸedennobom *ɸedennobos
locative *ɸedennei *? *?
instrumental *ɸedennū *ɸedennobim *ɸedennūis

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 36
  • Williams, Robert (1865) “idhio”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 225
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “iliav”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 787

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eiddew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies:Clt. *edenno- < IE. *ped-eno- o’r gwr. *ped- ‘rhwymo, clymu, rhwystro’
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*φedenno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185