Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/limos

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 *h₁élem.

Noun

*limos m^[1]

elm

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lemos	*lemou	*lemoi
vocative	*leme	*lemou	*lemoi
accusative	*lemom	*lemou	*lemons
genitive	*lemī	*lemous	*lemom
dative	*lemūi	*lemobom	*lemobos
locative	*lemei	*?	*?
instrumental	*lemū	*lemobim	*lemūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *lluɨβ̃ (from *leimā)
- Middle Welsh: llwyfen
  - Welsh: llwyf
Old Irish: lem
- Middle Irish: lem
  - Irish: leamh
  - Scottish Gaelic: leamh
Gaulish: *lemos, *limos
- →⇒ Latin: Lemovices
  - French: Limoges
- →⇒ Latin: Lemoialum
  - French: Limeil, Limeuil
- →⇒ Latin: Lemausum
  - French: Limours
- →⇒ Latin: Lemo, Lemonia, Lemisunia, Lemiso, Limenius, Limmo, Limocinctus, Limonum
Hispano-Celtic:
- → Vulgar Latin: *lemaria
  - Asturian: llamera
Hispano-Celtic: *lemos, *limos
- →⇒ Latin: Limia
  - Galician: Limia
  - Portuguese: Lima
- →⇒ Latin: Lemavi
  - Galician: Lemos
- →⇒ Latin: Limicaria
  - Galician: lamigueiro
  - Galician: lamargueiro

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lēmo-, *limo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lēmo-, *limo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 237

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