Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/amban
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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).
Noun edit
*amban n[1]
Declension edit
| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *amban | *ambane? | *ambana |
| vocative | *amban | *ambane? | *ambana |
| accusative | *amban | *ambane? | *ambana |
| genitive | *ambens | *ambenous? | *ambenom |
| dative | *ambenē | *ambembom | *ambembos |
| locative | *amben(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ambenē | *ambembim | *ambembis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: imb
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*amben-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 69