Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanxsman

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Proto-Celtic

Etymology

    Related to *kengeti (“to step”) +‎ *-sman.[1]

    Noun

    *kanxsman n[1]

    1. step, act of stepping

    Inflection

    Neuter n-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *kanxsman *kanxsmane? *kanxsmana
    vocative *kanxsman *kanxsmane? *kanxsmana
    accusative *kanxsman *kanxsmane? *kanxsmana
    genitive *kanxsmens *kanxsmenous? *kanxsmenom
    dative *kanxsmenei *kanxsmembom *kanxsmembos
    locative *kanxsmen(i) *? *?
    instrumental *kanxsmenei *kanxsmembim *kanxsmembis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Brythonic: *kam
    • Celtiberian: kamanom (< thematized *kanxsmanom)
    • Gaulish: *kamman
      • Early Medieval Latin: cammīnus (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Irish: céimm

    References

    1. ↑ 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
    2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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