Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saltrom
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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]From *sel- (“to jump”) + *-trom, but the -a- is unexplained.
Noun
[edit]*saltrom n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *saltrom | *saltrou | *saltrā |
| vocative | *saltrom | *saltrou | *saltrā |
| accusative | *saltrom | *saltrou | *saltrā |
| genitive | *saltrī | *saltrous | *saltrom |
| dative | *saltrūi | *saltrobom | *saltrobos |
| locative | *saltrei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *saltrū | *saltrobim | *saltrūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]The neuter gender is not directly inferrable from the descendants, but *-trom is the only plausible noun-forming suffix of the required shape -tr-.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *salθr
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saltro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 320