Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gyemos
Appearance
Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- (“winter”).
Noun
[edit]*gyemos m[1]
Declension
[edit]Masculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *gyemos | *gyemou | *gyemoi |
vocative | *gyeme | *gyemou | *gyemoi |
accusative | *gyemom | *gyemou | *gyemoms |
genitive | *gyemī | *gyemous | *gyemom |
dative | *gyemūi | *gyemobom | *gyemobos |
locative | *gyemei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *gyemū | *gyemobim | *gyemūis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]All descendants point into either *gyamos or *gwam(y)os.
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Primitive Irish: ᚌᚐᚋᚔ- (gami-, gen.)
- Gaulish: Giamos (personal name)
- ⇒ Gaulish: giamonios (name of a month) (attested from the Coligny calendar)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gyemo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
See also
[edit]Seasons in Proto-Celtic · *amsterās (layout · text) · category | |||
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*wesrakos (“spring”) | *samos (“summer”) | *wogamur (“autumn”) | *gyemos (“winter”) |