Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knāmis
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hammō (whence English ham) and Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “tibia”).
Noun
[edit]*knāmis m
Declension
[edit]Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *knāmis | *knāmī | *knāmīs |
vocative | *knāmi | *knāmī | *knāmīs |
accusative | *knāmim | *knāmī | *knāmims |
genitive | *knāmeis | *knāmyow | *knāmyom |
dative | *knāmei | *knāmibom | *knāmibos |
locative | *knāmei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *knāmī | *knāmibim | *knāmibis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: cnáim
Further reading
[edit]- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211