Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rāmyos

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (to row), whence also the verb *rāyeti. The "oar" sense was the original meaning.

Noun

*rāmyos m[2][3]

  1. oar
  2. spade, shovel

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *rāmyos *rāmyou *rāmyoi
vocative *rāmye *rāmyou *rāmyoi
accusative *rāmyom *rāmyou *rāmyoms
genitive *rāmyī *rāmyous *rāmyom
dative *rāmyūi *rāmyobom *rāmyobos
locative *rāmyei *? *?
instrumental *rāmyū *rāmyobim *rāmyūis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rāsmiyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 185-186
  3. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 172–192