Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/linnā

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 *linom (“flax”) plus an unknown suffix, maybe Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂ (“Used to form nouns denoting an object”) as one of the suffixes suggested by Matasović. The original Proto-Indo-European word doesn’t seem to be confined to a single form; Proto-Celtic, for example, has two versions, one with the long /i/ and another with its short counterpart. See Latin līnum, Proto-Germanic *līną for more information.

Noun

*linnā f^[1]^[2]

veil
cloak

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*linnā	*linnai	*linnās
vocative	*linnā	*linnai	*linnās
accusative	*linnam	*linnai	*linnāms
genitive	*linnās	*linnous	*linnom
dative	*linnāi	*linnābom	*linnābos
locative	*linnai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*linnābim	*linnābis

Related terms

*līnom (“flax”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *llenn
- Old Breton: lenn
  - Breton: lenn
- Old Cornish: len
  - Cornish: len
- Old Welsh: lenn
  - Middle Welsh: llen
    - Welsh: llen
Old Irish: lenn
Gaulish: *linnā (“mantle”)
- → Latin: linnā

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
^ Koch, John (2004) “cloak *φlinnā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 66

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240

[2] Koch, John (2004) “cloak *φlinnā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 66

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