Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stamnā

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

Related to Ancient Greek στόμᾰ (stóma, “mouth”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (staman, “mouth (of a dog)”),^[1] Hittite [script needed] (ištāman-, “ear”) and Proto-Germanic *stebnō (“voice, sound”)^[2]

Noun

*stamnā f

mouth
palate

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stamnā	*stamnai	*stamnās
vocative	*stamnā	*stamnai	*stamnās
accusative	*stamnam	*stamnai	*stamnāms
genitive	*stamnās	*stamnous	*stamnom
dative	*stamnāi	*stamnābom	*stamnābos
locative	*stamnai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*stamnābim	*stamnābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *s(t)aβ̃n
- Middle Breton: staffn
  - Breton: staon
- Middle Welsh: safn
  - Welsh: safn
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *s(t)ėβ̃nig
  - Old Cornish: stefenic
    - Cornish: stevnig
  - Middle Welsh: sefnig
    - Welsh: sefnig

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stamnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “stam-”, 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 281

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stamnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 354

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “stam-”, 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 281

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