Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/telmis
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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 earlier *telksmis, from Proto-Indo-European *telksm̥is, from *telk- (“to thrust, strike”) + *sem- (“together, one”)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (“to pound”), Lithuanian tìlkti (“to be tame”).
Noun
[edit]*telmis f
Declension
[edit]| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *telmis | *telmī | *telmīs |
| vocative | *telmi | *telmī | *telmīs |
| accusative | *telmim | *telmī | *telmins |
| genitive | *telmeis | *telmyow | *telmyom |
| dative | *telmei | *telmibom | *telmibos |
| locative | *telmei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *telmī | *telmibim | *telmibis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]All descendants have rather odd vowel developments.
- In Irish and Breton, an -a- irregularly appears as the vowel.
- In Irish, this could have occurred by analogy with some other word(s) with alternating a + palatalization vs. e without palatalization.
- This cannot explain the Breton vocalism, however.
- In Welsh, we would expect **tylm instead of telm since *e is regularly finally i-affected even by short *i.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367