Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/alnomoris
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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 *alnos (“other”) + *mori (“sea”).
Noun
[edit]*alnomoris m
- someone or something foreign
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *alnomoris | *alnomorī | *alnomorīs |
| vocative | *alnomori | *alnomorī | *alnomorīs |
| accusative | *alnomorim | *alnomorī | *alnomorims |
| genitive | *alnomoreis | *alnomoryow | *alnomoryom |
| dative | *alnomorei | *alnomoribom | *alnomoribos |
| locative | *alnomorei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *alnomorī | *alnomoribim | *alnomoribis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- Koch links the Goidelic and Welsh words under a reconstruction *allomorī,[1] which does not work as the word is an i-stem in Old Irish.
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *allmör pl (with irregular loss of lenition)
- Old Irish: allmuir
- Middle Irish: allmuir
- ⇒ allmarach (“foreign”)
- Irish: allúrach
- Scottish Gaelic: allmharach
- ⇒ allmarach (“foreign”)
- Middle Irish: allmuir
References
[edit]- ^ Koch, John (2004) “foreigners”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 133