Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/grannos
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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]Unknown,[1] although Delamarre (followed by Matasović) compares Proto-Germanic *granō.[2][3]
Noun
[edit]*grannos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *grannos | *grannou | *grannoi |
| vocative | *granne | *grannou | *grannoi |
| accusative | *grannom | *grannou | *grannoms |
| genitive | *grannī | *grannous | *grannom |
| dative | *grannūi | *grannobom | *grannobos |
| locative | *grannei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *grannū | *grannobim | *grannūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- The -e- in Irish and Romance are a problem. Matasović thinks there was a root ablaut alternation between *grend- and *grand-, while Schrijver invokes a regular sound law where -ann- and -andn- become -enn-.
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *grandā[3]
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 456
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*grando-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “grannos”, 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 183