Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸognīmus

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

Alternative forms

*uɸognīmā (for Brythonic forms only)^[1]

Etymology

From *uɸo- (“under-”) +‎ *gnīmus (“doing”), literally “doing under”.

Noun

*uɸognīmus m^[2]

service

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸognīmus	*uɸognīmū	*uɸognīmowes
vocative	*uɸognīmu	*uɸognīmū	*uɸognīmūs
accusative	*uɸognīmum	*uɸognīmū	*uɸognīmums
genitive	*uɸognīmous	*uɸognīmous	*uɸognīmowom
dative	*uɸognīmou	*uɸognīmubom	*uɸognīmubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*uɸognīmū	*uɸognīmubim	*uɸognīmubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwöɣniβ̃
- Middle Welsh: gweini
  - Welsh: gweini
Old Irish: fognam

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 274
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gweinyddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 274

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gweinyddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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