Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāwā

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 *néh₂us (“boat”), albeit with a shift to the *ā-stems.^[1]

Noun

*nāwā f

boat
vessel

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nāwā	*nāwai	*nāwās
vocative	*nāwā	*nāwai	*nāwās
accusative	*nāwam	*nāwai	*nāwāns
genitive	*nāwās	*nāwous	*nāwom
dative	*nāwāi	*nāwābom	*nāwābos
locative	*nāwai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*nāwābim	*nāwābis

Derived terms

*nāwī (“vessel”)
- Proto-Brythonic: *nọw (from nom. sg.), *nọe (from oblique stem)
  - Middle Breton: neau, nev
    - Breton: nev (“trough”)
  - Middle Welsh: noe
    - Welsh: noe

Descendants

Old Irish: nau
- Middle Irish: nó, nóe
  - Irish: nae
Celtiberian: *nāuā (“valley”)
- →⇒ Latin: Cadarnavaegium^[2]
  - Spanish: Navahermosa (calqued)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
^ Prósper, Blanca María (2010) “The Hispano-Celtic Divinity ILVRBEDA, Gold Mining in Western Hispania and the Syntactic Context of Celtiberian arkatobezom ‘Silver Mine'”, in Die Sprache, volume 49, number 1, pages 53-83

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

[2] Prósper, Blanca María (2010) “The Hispano-Celtic Divinity ILVRBEDA, Gold Mining in Western Hispania and the Syntactic Context of Celtiberian arkatobezom ‘Silver Mine'”, in Die Sprache, volume 49, number 1, pages 53-83

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