Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lindom

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare *liyeti (“flow”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *liH-nd-o-, but that would result in *līndom with a long ī.

Noun

*lindom n^[2]

liquid
lake

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lindom	*lindou	*lindā
vocative	*lindom	*lindou	*lindā
accusative	*lindom	*lindou	*lindā
genitive	*lindī	*lindous	*lindom
dative	*lindūi	*lindobom	*lindobos
locative	*lindei	*?	*?
instrumental	*lindū	*lindobim	*lindūis

Derived terms

*Lindom
- → Latin: Lindum (“Lindum Colonia, Lincoln”)
  - → Ancient Greek: Λίνδον (Líndon)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *llɨnn
- Old Breton: lin (“lake”)
  - Middle Breton: lenn (“pool”)
- Old Cornish: gre-lin (“lake”)
- Middle Welsh: llynn (“lake, drink”), llyn
  - Welsh: llyn
Old Irish: lind (“liquid, drink, ale”)
- Scottish Gaelic: linne, leann, lionn
Gaulish: lindon^[3]
- Gaulish: *Lindiakon
  - → Latin: Lindiacum (“Lintgen”)

References

^ Koch, John (2004) “*(φ?)lendu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 193
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lindu-, *lindo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 239-40
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lindon”, 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 203

[EPCW-1] Koch, John (2004) “*(φ?)lendu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 193

[Matasovic-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lindu-, *lindo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 239-40

[DLG-3] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lindon”, 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 203

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