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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nemetom

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 Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to distribute).[1]

Noun

*nemetom n[1]

  1. sacred place, sanctuary

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nemētom *nemētou *nemētā
vocative *nemētom *nemētou *nemētā
accusative *nemētom *nemētou *nemētā
genitive *nemētī *nemētous *nemētom
dative *nemētūi *nemētobom *nemētobos
locative *nemētei *? *?
instrumental *nemētū *nemētobim *nemētūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *neβ̃ed
    • Old Breton: -nimet
    • Old Welsh: -nivet
  • Gaulish: νεμητον
  • Old Irish: nemed, neimed
  • Galician: Nendos

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nemeto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
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