Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-retom

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

Alternative forms

• *-rātom

Etymology

From *reteti (“to run”) +‎ *-om (action noun suffix).

Suffix

*-retom n

1. run
2. Forms abstract nouns.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-retom	*-retou	*-retā
vocative	*-retom	*-retou	*-retā
accusative	*-retom	*-retou	*-retā
genitive	*-retī	*-retous	*-retom
dative	*-retūi	*-retobom	*-retobos
locative	*-retei	*?	*?
instrumental	*-retū	*-retobim	*-retūis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-retom

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mrixtoretom

• *ande-retom
  • Old Irish: indred
    • Middle Irish: inred
      • Irish: ionradh
• *wexto-retom
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gweɨθred
    • Old Breton: gueidret
      • Middle Breton: guezret
    • Middle Cornish: gwythreys
    • Middle Welsh: gueithred
      • Welsh: gweithred

Descendants

In both Irish and Welsh the suffix vacillates between non-feminine and feminine gender.

• Proto-Brythonic: *-red
  • Old Breton: -ret
  • Middle Welsh: -ret
    • Welsh: -red
• Old Irish: -rad
  • Irish: -ra
  • Manx: -rey
  • Scottish Gaelic: -radh