Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/limos

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.

Noun

*limos m

1. elm

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lemos	*lemou	*lemoi
vocative	*leme	*lemou	*lemoi
accusative	*lemom	*lemou	*lemoms
genitive	*lemī	*lemous	*lemom
dative	*lemūi	*lemobom	*lemobos
locative	*lemei	*?	*?
instrumental	*lemū	*lemobim	*lemūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *lluɨβ̃ (from *lēmā)
  • Middle Welsh: llwyfen
    • Welsh: llwyf
• Old Irish: lem
  • Middle Irish: lem
    • Irish: leamh
• Gaulish: *lemos, *limos
  • →⇒ Latin: Lemovices
    • French: Limoges
  • →⇒ Latin: Lemoialum
    • French: Limeil, Limeuil
  • →⇒ Latin: Lemausum
    • French: Limours
  • →⇒ Latin: Lemo, Lemonia, Lemisunia, Lemiso, Limenius, Limmo, Limocinctus, Limonum