Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lanxsman
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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 *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light; move lightly”). However, it could instead be akin to Proto-Slavic *plęsati (“to dance”); see Old Irish lingid (“to jump”).
Contains the suffix *-sman.
Noun
*lanxsman n[1]
Declension
| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *lanxsman | *lanxsmane? | *lanxsmana |
| vocative | *lanxsman | *lanxsmane? | *lanxsmana |
| accusative | *lanxsman | *lanxsmane? | *lanxsmana |
| genitive | *lanxsmens | *lanxsmenous? | *lanxsmenom |
| dative | *lanxsmenei | *lanxsmembom | *lanxsmembos |
| locative | *lanxsmen(i) | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *lanxsmenei | *lanxsmembim | *lanxsmembis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: léimm
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lanx-sman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 233