Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stamus
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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]Usually taken as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
Noun
[edit]*stamus m
Inflection
[edit]The stem class goes unspecified in all sources. However, it can be reasonably deduced to be a u-stem (or a predecessor o-stem) given how many other Celtic derivatives of *steh₂- are suffixed with *-mus.
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *stamus | *stamū | *stamowes |
| vocative | *stamu | *stamū | *stamūs |
| accusative | *stamum | *stamū | *stamums |
| genitive | *stamous | *stamous | *stamowom |
| dative | *stamou | *stamubom | *stamubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *stamū | *stamubim | *stamubis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- Whether the Brittonic terms belong here is controversial. Schrijver[1] and Lucht[2] assign the Brittonic terms here, while Elsie,[2] Schumacher, and Gordon[3] do not and instead relate them to Old Irish sab (“support, pole”).
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 420
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lucht, Martina (2007) Der Grundwortschatz des Altirischen[1] (in German), Bonn: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, page 365
- ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 412