Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lanxsman
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light; move lightly”). However, it could instead be akin to Proto-Slavic *plęsati (“to dance”); see Old Irish lingid (“to jump”).
Contains the suffix *-sman.
Noun
[edit]*lanxsman n[1]
Declension
[edit]Neuter n-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *lanxsman | *lanxsmane? | *lanxsmana |
vocative | *lanxsman | *lanxsmane? | *lanxsmana |
accusative | *lanxsman | *lanxsmane? | *lanxsmana |
genitive | *lanxsmens | *lanxsmenous? | *lanxsmenom |
dative | *lanxsmenei | *lanxsmembom | *lanxsmembos |
locative | *lanxsmen(i) | *? | *? |
instrumental | *lanxsmenei | *lanxsmembim | *lanxsmembis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: léimm
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lanx-sman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 233