Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸedom

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pedom, a thematic derivative of *ped- (to step).[1]

Noun

*ɸedom n

  1. space, interval
  2. place

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸedom *ɸedou *ɸedā
vocative *ɸedom *ɸedou *ɸedā
accusative *ɸedom *ɸedou *ɸedā
genitive *ɸedī *ɸedous *ɸedom
dative *ɸedūi *ɸedobom *ɸedobos
locative *ɸedei *? *?
instrumental *ɸedū *ɸedobim *ɸedūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *Tarwedo- (name of a promontory in Britain) (Early Proto-Brittonic, compound with *tarwos (bull))
  • Old Irish: ined (< *eni-ɸedo-)
  • Middle Irish: ed (space, interval), machad (milking yard) (< *mages-ɸedo-)
  • Gaulish: *edon

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cantedon”, 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 103