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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gyemos

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- (winter).

Noun

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*gyemos m[1]

  1. winter

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
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

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Descendants

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All descendants point into either *gyamos or *gwam(y)os.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gyemo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 170

See also

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Seasons in Proto-Celtic · *amsterās (layout · text) · category
*wesrakos (spring) *samos (summer) *wogamur (autumn) *gyemos (winter)