Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gyemirātom
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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 *gyemos (“winter”) + a suffix *-rātom that also appears in Old Irish samrad (“summer”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*gyemirātom n
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gyemirātom | *gyemirātou | *gyemirātā |
| vocative | *gyemirātom | *gyemirātou | *gyemirātā |
| accusative | *gyemirātom | *gyemirātou | *gyemirātā |
| genitive | *gyemirātī | *gyemirātous | *gyemirātom |
| dative | *gyemirātūi | *gyemirātobom | *gyemirātobos |
| locative | *gyemirātei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *gyemirātū | *gyemirātobim | *gyemirātūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: gaeafrawd
- Old Irish: gaimred
- Middle Irish: gemred, geimred
- Irish: geimhreadh
- Scottish Gaelic: geamhradh
- Manx: geurey
- Middle Irish: gemred, geimred
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 109