Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/garsman

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, cry”), suffixed with *-sman (action noun suffix).

Noun

*garsman n^[1]^[2]

cry
shout

Declension

Neuter n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*garsman	*garsmane?	*garsmana
vocative	*garsman	*garsmane?	*garsmana
accusative	*garsman	*garsmane?	*garsmana
genitive	*garsmens	*garsmenous?	*garsmenom
dative	*garsmenei	*garsmembom	*garsmembos
locative	*garsmen(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*garsmenei	*garsmembim	*garsmembis

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: garm
  - Breton: garm
- Cornish: garm
- Middle Welsh: garm
Old Irish: gairm
- Irish: gairm
- Scottish Gaelic: gairm
Gaulish: *garman
- → Latin: Garmanus
- → Old French: guermenter (“lament”)
→ Latin: Garmangabi

Garmangabis on German Wikipedia

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152
^ Koch, John (2004) “*gar(s)man-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 54

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152

[EPCW-2] Koch, John (2004) “*gar(s)man-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 54

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