Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/telmis

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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]

From earlier *telksmis, from Proto-Indo-European *telksm̥is, from *telk- (to thrust, strike) +‎ *sem- (together, one)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (to pound), Lithuanian tìlkti (to be tame).

Noun[edit]

*telmis f

  1. sling, snare

Declension[edit]

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *telmis *telmī *telmīs
vocative *telmi *telmī *telmīs
accusative *telmim *telmī *telmims
genitive *telmeis *telmyow *telmyom
dative *telmei *telmibom *telmibos
locative *telmei *? *?
instrumental *telmī *telmibim *telmibis

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: talmorion
    • Middle Welsh: telm
  • Middle Irish: teilm

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367