Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lomanā

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; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.

Noun

*lomanā f[1]

  1. rope, thong

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lomanā *lomanai *lomanās
vocative *lomanā *lomanai *lomanās
accusative *lomanam *lomanai *lomanāns
genitive *lomanās *lomanous *lomanom
dative *lomanāi *lomanābom *lomanābos
locative *lomanai *? *?
instrumental *? *lomanābim *lomanābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *lloβ̃an
    • Middle Breton: louffan
      • Breton: louan
    • Cornish: lovan
    • Middle Welsh: llyfan
  • Old Irish: loman

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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