Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/luxsman
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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]Stüber relates this to Proto-Indo-European *slewk-, *slewg- (“to swallow”), whence also Middle High German slucken (“to gobble, swallow”) and Ancient Greek λυγκαίνω (lunkaínō, “to sob”).[1]
Contains the suffix *-sman.
Noun
[edit]*luxsman n[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *luxsman | *luxsmane? | *luxsmana |
| vocative | *luxsman | *luxsmane? | *luxsmana |
| accusative | *luxsman | *luxsmane? | *luxsmana |
| genitive | *luxsmens | *luxsmenous? | *luxsmenom |
| dative | *luxsmenei | *luxsmembom | *luxsmembos |
| locative | *luxsmen(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *luxsmenei | *luxsmembim | *luxsmembis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: loimm
References
[edit]- ^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 66
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 250-251