Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-retom

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

  • *-rātom

Etymology

From *reteti (“to run”) +‎ *-om (action noun suffix).

Suffix

*-retom n[1][2]

  1. run
  2. Forms abstract nouns.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-retom *-retou *-retā
vocative *-retom *-retou *-retā
accusative *-retom *-retou *-retā
genitive *-retī *-retous *-retom
dative *-retūi *-retobom *-retobos
locative *-retei *? *?
instrumental *-retū *-retobim *-retūis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-retom
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mrixtoretom
  • *ande-retom
    • Old Irish: indred
      • Middle Irish: inred
        • Irish: ionradh
  • *wexto-retom
    • Proto-Brythonic: *gweɨθred
      • Old Breton: gueidret
        • Middle Breton: guezret
      • Middle Cornish: gwythreys
      • Middle Welsh: gueithred

Descendants

In both Irish and Welsh the suffix vacillates between non-feminine and feminine gender.

  • Proto-Brythonic: *-red
    • Old Breton: -ret
    • Middle Welsh: -ret
  • Old Irish: -rad

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*run”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 3
  2. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 470-472
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