Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knāmis

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hammō (whence English ham) and Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “tibia”).

Noun

*knāmis m

1. bone

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*knāmis	*knāmī	*knāmīs
vocative	*knāmi	*knāmī	*knāmīs
accusative	*knāmim	*knāmī	*knāmims
genitive	*knāmeis	*knāmyow	*knāmyom
dative	*knāmei	*knāmibom	*knāmibos
locative	*knāmei	*?	*?
instrumental	*knāmī	*knāmibim	*knāmibis

Descendants

• Old Irish: cnáim
  • Irish: cnámh
  • Manx: craue
  • Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh
  • →? Middle Welsh: knaw
    • ⇒ Welsh: pencnaw (“end of a bone”)

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211