Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/longā
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
Traditionally considered a borrowing from Latin (navis) longa (“long ship”); note the Gaulish name for the Roman town Nauportus, Longaticum.
However, Matasovic and McCone are skeptical of the word being a Latin borrowing, and take it as an inherited Celtic word, with Matasovic putting the origin as unknown and leaving it open.[1]
Noun edit
*longā f
Inflection edit
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *longā | *longai | *longās |
| vocative | *longā | *longai | *longās |
| accusative | *longam | *longai | *longāms |
| genitive | *longās | *longous | *longom |
| dative | *longāi | *longābom | *longābos |
| locative | *longai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *longābim | *longābis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic: *llong
- Old Irish: long
- Gaulish: Longaticum (“Nauportus”)
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244