Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srouman

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 *srew- (“flow, stream”) + *-man.

Noun edit

*srouman n^[1]^[2]

stream

Inflection edit

Neuter n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*srouman	*sroumane?	*sroumana
vocative	*srouman	*sroumane?	*sroumana
accusative	*srouman	*sroumane?	*sroumana
genitive	*sroumens	*sroumenous?	*sroumenom
dative	*sroumenē	*sroumembom	*sroumembos
locative	*sroumen(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*sroumenē	*sroumembim	*sroumembis

Descendants edit

Old Breton: strum (if not instead read as Latin serum)
Old Irish: srúaim

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*srowman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 63

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*srowman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353

[2] Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 63

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