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. jump

Declension

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lanxsman *lanxsmane? *lanxsmana
vocative *lanxsman *lanxsmane? *lanxsmana
accusative *lanxsman *lanxsmane? *lanxsmana
genitive *lanxsmens *lanxsmenous? *lanxsmenom
dative *lanxsmenē *lanxsmembom *lanxsmembos
locative *lanxsmen(i) *? *?
instrumental *lanxsmenē *lanxsmembim *lanxsmembis

Related terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: lam
    • Cornish: lam
    • Middle Welsh: llam (“jump”)
  • Old Irish: léimm

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lanx-sman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
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