Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāmants

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

According to Sanas Cormaic, from *an- (“un-, not”) + the present participle of *amati (“to love”),^[1] with a reconstructed PIE *n(e)-h₂em-nt-,^[1] which would make this noun cognate with Latin amō. However, Matasović disputes this, stating that it looks like folk etymology and that the root *am- is otherwise unattested in Celtic.^[1] On the other hand, Gaulish *aminos (“friend”) and the root *ami- may be related.^[2]

Noun

*nāmants m^[1]^[3]

enemy

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nāmants	*nāmante	*nāmantes
vocative	*nāmants	*nāmante	*nāmantes
accusative	*nāmantam	*nāmante	*nāmantans
genitive	*nāmantos	*nāmantou	*nāmantom
dative	*nāmantei	*nāmantobom	*nāmantobos
locative	*nāmanti	—	—
instrumental	*nāmante?	*nāmantobim	*nāmantobis

Descendants

Old Irish: námae
- Middle Irish: náma
  - Irish: namhaid
  - Manx: noid
  - Scottish Gaelic: nàmhaid
Gaulish: *nāmants

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nāmant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “aminos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 43
^ Koch, John (2004), “*nāmant-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 108

[Matasović-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nāmant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “aminos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 43

[3] Koch, John (2004), “*nāmant-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 108

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