Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/telmis

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 earlier *telksmis, from Proto-Indo-European *telksm̥is, from *telk- (“to thrust, strike”) +‎ *sem- (“together, one”)^[1]. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (“to pound”), Lithuanian tìlkti (“to be tame”).

Noun

*telmis f

sling, snare

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*telmis	*telmī	*telmīs
vocative	*telmi	*telmī	*telmīs
accusative	*telmim	*telmī	*telmims
genitive	*telmeis	*telmyow	*telmyom
dative	*telmei	*telmibom	*telmibos
locative	*telmei	*?	*?
instrumental	*telmī	*telmibim	*telmibis

Related terms

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Old Breton: talmorion
  - Middle Breton: talm
    - Breton: talm
- Middle Welsh: telm
Middle Irish: teilm
- Irish: tailm

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367

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