Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/alamos
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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]There is apparently the Indo-European action noun suffix *-mos attached to this word, but the underlying root is unclear.
- Schrijver derives this from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive”).[1]
- Matasović tries to connect this with Hittite [script needed] (ḫāli-, “corral”), for which a root *h₂el- (“to enclose”) would need to be reconstructed.[2] However, this etymology fails to account for the -a- between the root and the suffix.
- Delamarre alternatively derives this from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- (“to wander”).[3]
Noun
[edit]*alamos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *alamos | *alamou | *alamoi |
| vocative | *alame | *alamou | *alamoi |
| accusative | *alamom | *alamou | *alamons |
| genitive | *alamī | *alamous | *alamom |
| dative | *alamūi | *alamobom | *alamobos |
| locative | *alamei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *alamū | *alamobim | *alamūis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 75
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alamo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 29
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “alaunos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 37