Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komreigom
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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 *kom- (“together”) + *-reigom (forming nouns for binding).
Noun
[edit]*komreigom n[1]
- binding, captivity, imprisonment
- a device that binds a person or animal
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *komreigom | *komreigou | *komreigā |
| vocative | *komreigom | *komreigou | *komreigā |
| accusative | *komreigom | *komreigou | *komreigā |
| genitive | *komreigī | *komreigous | *komreigom |
| dative | *komreigūi | *komreigobom | *komreigobos |
| locative | *komreigei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *komreigū | *komreigobim | *komreigūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]Matasović's reconstruction *komrigā-[2] is erroneous; it cannot account for Welsh cyfrwy (“saddle”).
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *kuβ̃ruɨɣ
- Old Irish: cuimrech (reformed by analogy to the prototonic stem of con·rig)
- Middle Irish: cuibrech
- Irish: cuibhreach
- Middle Irish: cuibrech
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-315
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rig-o- 'bind'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 312