< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talamū

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 *telh₂- (“ground”).[1] Compare with Latin tellus (“earth”) and Sanskrit तल (tala, “bottom”).

Noun

*talamū m[2][3]

  1. earth

Declension
Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *talamū *talamone? *talamones
vocative *talamū *talamone? *talamones
accusative *talamonam *talamone? *talamonams
genitive *talamonos *talamonows? *talamonom
dative *talamonei *talamombom *talamombos
locative *talamon(i) *? *?
instrumental *talamonei *talamombim *talamombis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: talam
    • Irish: talamh
    • Manx: thalloo
    • Scottish Gaelic: talamh
  • Gaulish: *talamon[4]
    • → Latin: Talamone
    • → Latin: Talmun
      • French: Talmont

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*talamon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
  3. Koch, John (2004), “*tela-mon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 103
  4. Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “talu-, talamon-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 288
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.