Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/grannos

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] although Delamarre (followed by Matasović) compares Proto-Germanic *granō.[2][3]

Noun

*grannos m

  1. beard

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *grannos *grannou *grannoi
vocative *granne *grannou *grannoi
accusative *grannom *grannou *grannons
genitive *grannī *grannous *grannom
dative *grannūi *grannobom *grannobos
locative *grannei *? *?
instrumental *grannū *grannobim *grannūis

Reconstruction notes

  • The -e- in Irish and Romance are a problem. Matasović thinks there was a root ablaut alternation between *grend- and *grand-, while Schrijver invokes a regular sound law where -ann- and -andn- become -enn-.

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *grann
  • Old Irish: grenn f
  • Gaulish: *grennos
    • → Old French: grenon
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: grenhon, greñón
    • → Piedmontese: gernon
    • → Venetan: grana

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 456
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*grando-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “grannos”, 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 183
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