Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nemetom

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 *nem- (“to distribute”).

Noun

*nemetom n

1. sacred place, sanctuary

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nemētom	*nemētou	*nemētā
vocative	*nemētom	*nemētou	*nemētā
accusative	*nemētom	*nemētou	*nemētā
genitive	*nemētī	*nemētous	*nemētom
dative	*nemētūi	*nemētobom	*nemētobos
locative	*nemētei	*?	*?
instrumental	*nemētū	*nemētobim	*nemētūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *neβ̃ed
  • Old Breton: -nimet
    • Middle Breton: neved (“sanctuary”)
      • Breton: neñved
  • Old Welsh: -nivet
    • Middle Welsh: nyuet
      • Welsh: nyfed (“sacred grove”)
• Gaulish: νεμητον (nemēton)
  • → Latin: Nemetum
    • ⇒ Latin: Augustonemetum (“Clermont-Ferrand”) (place-name)
    • ⇒ Latin: Nemetodurum (place-name)
      • French: Nanterre
  • → Latin: Vernemetis
• Old Irish: nemed, neimed
  • Irish: neimheadh
• Hispano-Celtic:
  • →⇒ Latin: Nemetobriga (place-name)
  • → Galician: Nendos (place-name)