Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gobanns

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.^[1] Possibly related to Latin faber,^[2] if the original root was Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰobʰ- or *gʰwobʰ-; however, the Latin word is usually instead derived from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to fit, fashion”).^[3]

Noun

*gobanns m

smith

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gobanns	*gobanne	*gobannes
vocative	*gobanns	*gobanne	*gobannes
accusative	*gobannam	*gobanne	*gobannans
genitive	*gobannos	*gobannou	*gobannom
dative	*gobannei	*gobannobom	*gobannobos
locative	*gobanni	—	—
instrumental	*gobanne?	*gobannobim	*gobannobis

Reconstruction notes

Thurneysen reconstructs the stem of this term as having a geminate -nn-.^[4] However, Matasović reconstructs a single -n-. for the stem,^[1] The Old Irish unlenited n-stem can be explained with MacNeill's law, where n is delenited to nn after certain consonants.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *goβ
- Middle Breton: goff
  - Breton: gov
- Old Cornish: gof
- Middle Welsh: gof
  - Welsh: gof
Old Irish: gobae
- Irish: gabha
- Manx: gaaue
- Scottish Gaelic: gobha

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*goban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gabha”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 327, page 208; reprinted 2017

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*goban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 164

[2] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gabha”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197

[4] Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 327, page 208; reprinted 2017

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