Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanxsman
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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]
Etymology[edit]
Related to *kengeti (“to step”) + *-sman.[1]
Noun[edit]
*kanxsman n[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kanxsman | *kanxsmane? | *kanxsmana |
| vocative | *kanxsman | *kanxsmane? | *kanxsmana |
| accusative | *kanxsman | *kanxsmane? | *kanxsmana |
| genitive | *kanxsmens | *kanxsmenous? | *kanxsmenom |
| dative | *kanxsmenē | *kanxsmembom | *kanxsmembos |
| locative | *kanxsmen(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kanxsmenē | *kanxsmembim | *kanxsmembis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic: *kam
- Celtiberian: kamanom (possibly)
- Gaulish: *kamman
- Early Medieval Latin: cammīnus (see there for further descendants)
- Old Irish: céimm
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanxsman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188/189
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “céim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language