Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/līnom

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *līnom (“flax”). Matasović derives the word from Latin līnum (“flax”)[1]. See *linnā (“veil, cloak”).

Noun

*līnom n[1]

  2. flax
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *līnom *līnou *līnā
vocative *līnom *līnou *līnā
accusative *līnom *līnou *līnā
genitive *līnī *līnous *līnom
dative *līnūi *līnobom *līnobos
locative *līnei *? *?
instrumental *līnū *līnobim *līnūis
Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *llin
    • Middle Breton: lin
    • Cornish: lin
    • Welsh: llin
  • Old Irish: lín (“flax”)
    • Irish: líon (“flax”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: lìon (“net”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to flow”).[2] Compare Old Irish díle and Welsh dillydd, and see *liyeti (“to flow”) for more cognates.

Noun

*līnom n[2]

  2. flow
  3. flood
Declension
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *līnom *līnou *līnā
vocative *līnom *līnou *līnā
accusative *līnom *līnou *līnā
genitive *līnī *līnous *līnom
dative *līnūi *līnobom *līnobos
locative *līnei *? *?
instrumental *līnū *līnobim *līnūis
Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *llin
  • Old Irish: lín (“full number”)
    • Irish: líon (“full number”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240: “*lino”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*līno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 240-41
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