Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāwā

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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 *néh₂us (boat), albeit with a shift to the -stems.

Noun

*nāwā f

  1. boat
  2. vessel

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nāwā *nāwai *nāwās
vocative *nāwā *nāwai *nāwās
accusative *nāwam *nāwai *nāwāns
genitive *nāwās *nāwous *nāwom
dative *nāwāi *nāwābom *nāwābos
locative *nāwai *? *?
instrumental *? *nāwābim *nāwābis

Derived terms

  • *nāwī (vessel)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *nọw (from nom. sg.), *nọe (from oblique stem)
      • Middle Breton: neau, nev
        • Breton: nev (trough)
      • Middle Welsh: noe

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 285
  2. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2010) “The Hispano-Celtic Divinity ILVRBEDA, Gold Mining in Western Hispania and the Syntactic Context of Celtiberian arkatobezom ‘Silver Mine'”, in Die Sprache, volume 49, number 1, pages 53-83