Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/longestā
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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]Derivative of *longā (“boat, vessel”). The apparent antiquity of this word (given its shared presence in both Welsh and Irish) is taken by Stifter as a sign that the base word was unlikely to be borrowed from Latin.[1]
Noun
[edit]*longestā f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *longestā | *longestai | *longestās |
| vocative | *longestā | *longestai | *longestās |
| accusative | *longestam | *longestai | *longestāms |
| genitive | *longestās | *longestous | *longestom |
| dative | *longestāi | *longestābom | *longestābos |
| locative | *longestai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *longestābim | *longestābis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- Schrijver's reconstruction *lungissā,[2] which only takes into account Welsh llynges, cannot account for the Goidelic reflexes (we would instead expect Old Irish **lungas).
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 187
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 28