Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talamū
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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 *telh₂- (“ground”).[1] Compare with Latin tellus (“earth”) and Sanskrit तल (tala, “bottom”).
An exact formation cognate can be found in Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “strap”), related on the notion of being objects that hold up another.
Noun edit
Declension edit
| Masculine/feminine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *talamū | *talamone? | *talamones |
| vocative | *talamū | *talamone? | *talamones |
| accusative | *talamonam | *talamone? | *talamonams |
| genitive | *talamonos | *talamonows? | *talamonom |
| dative | *talamonei | *talamombom | *talamombos |
| locative | *talamon(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *talamonei | *talamombim | *talamombis |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*talamon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*tela-mon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 103
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “talu-, talamon-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 288