Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸlāmā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Latin palma, Proto-Germanic *fulmō, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”).

Noun

*ɸlāmā f

1. palm, hand

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸlāmā	*ɸlāmai	*ɸlāmās
vocative	*ɸlāmā	*ɸlāmai	*ɸlāmās
accusative	*ɸlāmam	*ɸlāmai	*ɸlāmāms
genitive	*ɸlāmās	*ɸlāmous	*ɸlāmom
dative	*ɸlāmāi	*ɸlāmābom	*ɸlāmābos
locative	*ɸlāmai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*ɸlāmābim	*ɸlāmābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *llọβ̃
  • Old Breton: lom-
  • Old Cornish: lof
    • Cornish: leuv
  • Old Welsh: lau
    • Middle Welsh: llaw
      • Welsh: llaw
• Old Irish: lám
  • Irish: lámh
  • Manx: laue
  • Scottish Gaelic: làmh
  • → Old Norse: lámr
    • Faroese: lámur