Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lomanā

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

Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.

Noun

*lomanā f

1. rope, thong

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lomanā	*lomanai	*lomanās
vocative	*lomanā	*lomanai	*lomanās
accusative	*lomanam	*lomanai	*lomanāms
genitive	*lomanās	*lomanous	*lomanom
dative	*lomanāi	*lomanābom	*lomanābos
locative	*lomanai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*lomanābim	*lomanābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *lloβ̃an
  • Middle Breton: louffan
    • Breton: louan
  • Cornish: lovan
  • Middle Welsh: llyfan
    • Welsh: llyfan
• Old Irish: loman
  • Middle Irish: loman
    • Irish: lomhain
    • Scottish Gaelic: lomhainn