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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stledman

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown, but contains the verbal noun suffix *-man. Attempting to relate to Breton staot (urine) struggles to explain the medial -d-.[1]

Noun

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*stledman n[2]

  1. spit
  2. pus

Inflection

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Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *stledman
vocative *stledman
accusative *stledman
genitive *stledmens
dative *stledmenei
locative *stledmen(i)
instrumental *stledmenei

Descendants

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  • Old Breton: stledm (venom, pus)
  • Old Irish: sleidm (spit)

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 439
  2. ^ The template Template:R:cel:Stuber:1998 does not use the parameter(s):
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    Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN