Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/longā
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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]Traditionally considered a borrowing from Latin (navis) longa (“long ship”); note the Gaulish name for the Roman town Nauportus, Longaticum.
However, Matasovic and McCone are skeptical of the word being a Latin borrowing, and take it as an inherited Celtic word, with Matasovic putting the origin as unknown and leaving it open.[1]
Noun
[edit]*longā f
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *longā | *longai | *longās |
| vocative | *longā | *longai | *longās |
| accusative | *longam | *longai | *longāms |
| genitive | *longās | *longous | *longom |
| dative | *longāi | *longābom | *longābos |
| locative | *longai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *longābim | *longābis |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *llong
- Old Irish: long
- Gaulish: Longaticum (“Nauportus”)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244