Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stledman

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

Unknown, but contains the verbal noun suffix *-man. Attempting to relate to Breton staot (“urine”) struggles to explain the medial -d-.^[1]

Noun

*stledman n^[2]

spit
pus

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stledman	—	—
vocative	*stledman	—	—
accusative	*stledman	—	—
genitive	*stledmens	—	—
dative	*stledmenei	—	—
locative	*stledmen(i)	—	—
instrumental	*stledmenei	—	—

Descendants

Old Breton: stledm (“venom, pus”)
Old Irish: sleidm (“spit”)

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 439
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[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 439

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