Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tandman

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

A zero-grade *-man action noun from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to cut”).

Noun

*tandman n^[1]^[2]

an act of cutting or breaking

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tandman	*tandmane?	*tandmana
vocative	*tandman	*tandmane?	*tandmana
accusative	*tandman	*tandmane?	*tandmana
genitive	*tandmens	*tandmenous?	*tandmenom
dative	*tandmenei	*tandmembom	*tandmembos
locative	*tandmen(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*tandmenei	*tandmembim	*tandmembis

Related terms

*tendeti

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *tam (“morsel”)
- Middle Breton: tam
  - Breton: tamm
- Middle Cornish: tam
- Middle Welsh: tam
  - Welsh: tam
Old Irish: teinm
- Middle Irish: teinm

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tand-man-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 310-311

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tand-man-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 368

[2] Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 310-311

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