Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ninnos
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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]Probably originally a childish term[1] of affective origin.
Noun
[edit]*ninnos m[2]
- male servant
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ninnos | *ninnou | *ninnoi |
| vocative | *ninne | *ninnou | *ninnoi |
| accusative | *ninnom | *ninnou | *ninnoms |
| genitive | *ninnī | *ninnous | *ninnom |
| dative | *ninnūi | *ninnobom | *ninnobos |
| locative | *ninnei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ninnū | *ninnobim | *ninnūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- →⇒ Latin: Nennius
- Middle Irish: nen (“handmaid”) (< feminine *ninnā)
- Gaulish: *Ninnos, *Nininos, *Ninnaros
References
[edit]- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ninnos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 235
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[1], volume 3, number 24, , page 32