Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/līnom
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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 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *līnom (“flax”). Matasović derives the word from Latin līnum (“flax”)[1]. See *linnā (“veil, cloak”).
Noun
[edit]*līnom n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *līnom | *līnou | *līnā |
| vocative | *līnom | *līnou | *līnā |
| accusative | *līnom | *līnou | *līnā |
| genitive | *līnī | *līnous | *līnom |
| dative | *līnūi | *līnobom | *līnobos |
| locative | *līnei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *līnū | *līnobim | *līnūis |
Related terms
[edit]- *linnā (“veil, cloak”)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to flow”).[2] Compare Old Irish díle and Welsh dillydd, and see *liyeti (“to flow”) for more cognates.
Noun
[edit]*līnom n[2]
Declension
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *līnom | *līnou | *līnā |
| vocative | *līnom | *līnou | *līnā |
| accusative | *līnom | *līnou | *līnā |
| genitive | *līnī | *līnous | *līnom |
| dative | *līnūi | *līnobom | *līnobos |
| locative | *līnei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *līnū | *līnobim | *līnūis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240: “*lino”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*līno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 240-41