Appendix:Proto-Celtic/nemos

This entry contains Proto-Celtic reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Noun

*nemos n

1. sky, heaven

Declension

Declension of nemos (s-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	nemos	nemese?	nemesa
vocative	nemos	nemese?	nemesa
accusative	nemos	nemese?	nemesa
genitive	nemesos	nemesous?	nemesom
dative	nemesei	nemesbom	nemesbos
instrumental	nemesē	nemesbim	nemesbis

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: nem
    • Middle Breton: neff
      • Breton: neñv
  • Cornish: nev
  • Middle Welsh: nef
    • Welsh: nef
• Goidelic:
  • Old Irish: nem
    • Irish: neamh
    • Manx: niau
    • Scottish Gaelic: nèamh