Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saltrom
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom *sel- (“to jump”) + *-trom, but the -a- is unexplained.
Noun
edit*saltrom n[1]
Inflection
editNeuter o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *saltrom | *saltrou | *saltrā |
vocative | *saltrom | *saltrou | *saltrā |
accusative | *saltrom | *saltrou | *saltrā |
genitive | *saltrī | *saltrous | *saltrom |
dative | *saltrūi | *saltrobom | *saltrobos |
locative | *saltrei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *saltrū | *saltrobim | *saltrūis |
Reconstruction notes
editThe neuter gender is not directly inferrable from the descendants, but *-trom is the only plausible noun-forming suffix of the required shape -tr-.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *salθr
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saltro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 320