Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/atinowom

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

Etymology

From *ati- (“re-”) +‎ *now- (“to nod”) +‎ *-om (verbal noun suffix). Verbal noun of *ati-noweti "to entrust", whence Old Irish ad·noí.

Noun

*atinowom n

1. entrusting to another
2. deposit

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*atinowom	*atinowou	*atinowā
vocative	*atinowom	*atinowou	*atinowā
accusative	*atinowom	*atinowou	*atinowā
genitive	*atinowī	*atinowous	*atinowom
dative	*atinowūi	*atinowobom	*atinowobos
locative	*atinowei	*?	*?
instrumental	*atinowū	*atinowobim	*atinowūis

Descendnats

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: adnou
  • Middle Welsh: adneu
    • Welsh: adnau, adneu
• Old Irish: aithne
  • Middle Irish: aithne (“entrusting, command”)
    • Irish: aithne (“command, commandment”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: àithne (“command, commandment”)
    • Manx: anney (“command”)