Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/limos

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 *h₁élem.

Noun edit

*limos m[1]

  1. elm

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lemos *lemou *lemoi
vocative *leme *lemou *lemūs
accusative *lemom *lemou *lemoms
genitive *lemī *lemous *lemom
dative *lemūi *lemobom *lemobos
locative *lemei *? *?
instrumental *lemū *lemobim *lemūis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *lluɨβ̃ (from *lēmos)
  • Old Irish: lem

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lēmo-, *limo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237