Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yalom

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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 Pre-Celtic *ih̥₁-l-eh₂-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-. Related to Russian я́ловый (jálovyj, barren), Latvian jēls (raw, uncooked), English idle.

Noun[edit]

*yalom n

  1. clearing, glade

Declension[edit]

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *iālom *iālou *iālā
vocative *iālom *iālou *iālā
accusative *iālom *iālou *iālā
genitive *iālī *iālous *iālom
dative *iālūi *iālobom *iālobos
locative *iālei *? *?
instrumental *iālū *iālobim *iālūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Welsh: ial
  • Pictish:
  • Gaulish: *ialum
    • → *Eburoialum, *Vernoialum, *Nantoialum (toponyms)

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268