Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸolnos
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a *-nós adjective from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-,[1] but the appearance of the o-grade is odd (but paralleled in Ancient Greek πολύς (polús)) and the root *pleh₁- already had a *-nós adjective, namely *pl̥h₁nós, inherited into Celtic as *ɸlānos.
Adjective
[edit]*ɸolnos[2]
Inflection
[edit]O/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *ɸolnos | *ɸolnou | *ɸolnoi |
vocative | *ɸolne | *ɸolnou | *ɸolnoi |
accusative | *ɸolnom | *ɸolnou | *ɸolnoms |
genitive | *ɸolnī | *ɸolnous | *ɸolnom |
dative | *ɸolnūi | *ɸolnobom | *ɸolnobos |
instrumental | *ɸolnū | *ɸolnobim | *ɸolnobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *ɸolnā | *ɸolnai | *ɸolnās |
vocative | *ɸolnā | *ɸolnai | *ɸolnās |
accusative | *ɸolnam | *ɸolnai | *ɸolnams |
genitive | *ɸolnās | *ɸolnous | *ɸolnom |
dative | *ɸolnai | *ɸolnābom | *ɸolnābos |
instrumental | *? | *ɸolnābim | *ɸolnābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *ɸolnom | *ɸolnou | *ɸolnā |
vocative | *ɸolnom | *ɸolnou | *ɸolnā |
accusative | *ɸolnom | *ɸolnou | *ɸolnā |
genitive | *ɸolnī | *ɸolnous | *ɸolnom |
dative | *ɸolnūi | *ɸolnobom | *ɸolnobos |
instrumental | *ɸolnū | *ɸolnobim | *ɸolnobis |
Declension of the comparative | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *ɸolnyūs | *? | *ɸolnyoses |
vocative | *ɸolnyūs | *? | *ɸolnyoses |
accusative | *ɸolnyosam | *? | *ɸolnyosams |
genitive | *ɸolnisos | *? | *ɸolnisom |
dative | *ɸolnisei | *? | *ɸolnisbos |
instrumental | *ɸolnisī | *? | *ɸolnisbis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *ɸolnyūs | *? | *ɸolnyoses |
vocative | *ɸolnyūs | *? | *ɸolnyoses |
accusative | *ɸolnyosam | *? | *ɸolnyosams |
genitive | *ɸolnisos | *? | *ɸolnisom |
dative | *ɸolnisei | *? | *ɸolnisbos |
instrumental | *ɸolnisī | *? | *ɸolnisbis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *ɸolnis | *? | *? |
vocative | *ɸolnis | *? | *? |
accusative | *ɸolnis | *? | *? |
genitive | *ɸolnisos | *? | *ɸolnisom |
dative | *ɸolnisei | *? | *ɸolnisbos |
instrumental | *ɸolnisī | *? | *ɸolnisbis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Matasović refuses to place the Gaulish word under this etymon, instead placing it under *olyos (“all”). His objection makes little sense since "all" cannot account for all the semantics of the Gaulish word and compounds derived from it:
- The attested ollon is in antonymic opposition to meion (seemingly from *mey- (“small”)) in the Chamalières inscription.
- Several place-names containing the combining form Ollo- make more sense when it means "great, large", such as German Olbrück (< Ollo-brigā "great fort"), French Olendon and Oudun (< *Ollo-dūnom "great fort").
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 136-137
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[1], volume 3, number 24, , page 33