Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/longestā

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

Derivative of *longā (“boat, vessel”). The apparent antiquity of this word (given its shared presence in both Welsh and Irish) is taken by Stifter as a sign that the base word was unlikely to be borrowed from Latin.[1]

Noun

*longestā f[1]

  1. fleet

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *longestā *longestai *longestās
vocative *longestā *longestai *longestās
accusative *longestam *longestai *longestāns
genitive *longestās *longestous *longestom
dative *longestāi *longestābom *longestābos
locative *longestai *? *?
instrumental *? *longestābim *longestābis

Reconstruction notes

  • Schrijver's reconstruction *lungissā,[2] which only takes into account Welsh llynges, cannot account for the Goidelic reflexes (we would instead expect Old Irish **lungas).

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llunges
    • Middle Welsh: llyghes, llynghes
  • Old Irish: longas (“fleet, exile”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, page 187
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 28
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