Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lanxsman

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 *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light; move lightly”). However, it could instead be akin to Proto-Slavic *plęsati (“to dance”); see Old Irish lingid (“to jump”).

Contains the suffix *-sman.

Noun

*lanxsman n

1. jump

Declension

Neuter n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lanxsman	*lanxsmane?	*lanxsmana
vocative	*lanxsman	*lanxsmane?	*lanxsmana
accusative	*lanxsman	*lanxsmane?	*lanxsmana
genitive	*lanxsmens	*lanxsmenous?	*lanxsmenom
dative	*lanxsmenē	*lanxsmembom	*lanxsmembos
locative	*lanxsmen(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*lanxsmenē	*lanxsmembim	*lanxsmembis

Related terms

• *lengeti

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: lam
    • Breton: lamm
  • Cornish: lam
  • Middle Welsh: llam (“jump”)
• Old Irish: léimm
  • Irish: léim
  • Manx: lheim
  • Scottish Gaelic: leum