Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talamū

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 *telh₂- (“ground”).^[1] Compare with Latin tellus (“earth”) and Sanskrit तल (tala, “bottom”).

An exact formation cognate can be found in Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “strap”), related on the notion of being objects that hold up another.

Noun

*talamū m^[2]^[3]

earth

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*talamū	*talamone?	*talamones
vocative	*talamū	*talamone?	*talamones
accusative	*talamonam	*talamone?	*talamonans
genitive	*talamonos	*talamonows?	*talamonom
dative	*talamonei	*talamombom	*talamombos
locative	*talamon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*talamonei	*talamombim	*talamombis

Related terms

*tlinati

Descendants

Old Irish: talam
- Irish: talamh
- Manx: thalloo
- Scottish Gaelic: talamh
Gaulish: *talamon^[4]
- → Latin: Talamone
- → Latin: Talmun
  - French: Talmont

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*talamon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
^ Koch, John (2004) “*tela-mon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 103
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “talu-, talamon-”, 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 288

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

[EDPC-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*talamon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

[3] Koch, John (2004) “*tela-mon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 103

[DLG-4] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “talu-, talamon-”, 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 288

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