Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slimnos
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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
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
Matasović compares with Latin līmō (“to polish”) and Old High German slīmen (“to polish”). Others have compared to Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”), Latvian slienas (“saliva”), and Proto-Slavic *slina (“saliva”). For these a root *sleyH- or *sleh₁y- can be reconstructed.
Adjective edit
Inflection edit
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slimnos | *slimnou | *slimnoi |
| vocative | *slimne | *slimnou | *slimnoi |
| accusative | *slimnom | *slimnou | *slimnoms |
| genitive | *slimnī | *slimnous | *slimnom |
| dative | *slimnūi | *slimnobom | *slimnobos |
| instrumental | *slimnū | *slimnobim | *slimnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slimnā | *slimnai | *slimnās |
| vocative | *slimnā | *slimnai | *slimnās |
| accusative | *slimnam | *slimnai | *slimnams |
| genitive | *slimnās | *slimnous | *slimnom |
| dative | *slimnai | *slimnābom | *slimnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *slimnābim | *slimnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slimnom | *slimnou | *slimnā |
| vocative | *slimnom | *slimnou | *slimnā |
| accusative | *slimnom | *slimnou | *slimnā |
| genitive | *slimnī | *slimnous | *slimnom |
| dative | *slimnūi | *slimnobom | *slimnobos |
| instrumental | *slimnū | *slimnobim | *slimnobis |
Reconstruction notes edit
Matasović reconstructs the adjective as *slimonos, seemingly due to the o in Old Irish slemon. But that vowel could have easily been epenthetic in Old Irish (see also domun < *dubnos), and he fails to explain the lack of an o between the reflexes of the *m and the *n in Brythonic.
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic: *llɨβ̃n
- Old Irish: slemon
- Irish: sleamhain
- Scottish Gaelic: sleamhainn
- Manx: shliawin
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slimono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llyfn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 141-142