Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komreigom

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 *kom- (“together”) +‎ *-reigom (forming nouns for binding).

Noun

*komreigom n^[1]

binding, captivity, imprisonment
a device that binds a person or animal

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*komreigom	*komreigou	*komreigā
vocative	*komreigom	*komreigou	*komreigā
accusative	*komreigom	*komreigou	*komreigā
genitive	*komreigī	*komreigous	*komreigom
dative	*komreigūi	*komreigobom	*komreigobos
locative	*komreigei	*?	*?
instrumental	*komreigū	*komreigobim	*komreigūis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's reconstruction *komrigā-^[2] is erroneous; it cannot account for Welsh cyfrwy (“saddle”).

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kuβ̃ruɨɣ
- Old Breton: comreg
  - Breton: kevre
- Cornish: kevren
- Middle Welsh: kyfreieu
  - Welsh: cyfrwy
Old Irish: cuimrech (reformed by analogy to the prototonic stem of con·rig)
- Middle Irish: cuibrech
  - Irish: cuibhreach

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-315
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rig-o- 'bind'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 312

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-315

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rig-o- 'bind'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 312

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