Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸenos
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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 Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“moist; wet; mud; swamp; water”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌹 (fani).
Noun
[edit]*ɸenos m[1]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸenos | *ɸenou | *ɸenoi |
| vocative | *ɸene | *ɸenou | *ɸenoi |
| accusative | *ɸenom | *ɸenou | *ɸenoms |
| genitive | *ɸenī | *ɸenous | *ɸenom |
| dative | *ɸenūi | *ɸenobom | *ɸenobos |
| locative | *ɸenei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ɸenū | *ɸenobim | *ɸenūis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: enwyn (“buttermilk”)
- Middle Irish: en (“water”) [2]
- Gaulish: anam (“swamp, marsh”) (accusative singular), *Enos (“River Inn”)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*feno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “en”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language