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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nemos

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.[1]

Noun

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*nemos n

  1. sky, heaven

Declension

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Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nemos *nemese? *nemesa
vocative *nemos *nemese? *nemesa
accusative *nemos *nemese? *nemesa
genitive *nemesos *nemesous? *nemesom
dative *nemesei *nemesbom *nemesbos
locative *nemesi *? *?
instrumental *nemesei *nemesbim *nemesbis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *neβ̃
    • Old Breton: nem
    • Old Cornish: nef
    • Old Welsh: nem
  • Old Irish: nem

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nemos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
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