Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komreigom

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 *kom- (“together”) +‎ *-reigom (forming nouns for binding).

Noun

*komreigom n[1]

  1. binding, captivity, imprisonment
  2. a device that binds a person or animal

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's reconstruction *komrigā-[2] is erroneous; it cannot account for Welsh cyfrwy (“saddle”).

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *komreigom *komreigou *komreigā
vocative *komreigom *komreigou *komreigā
accusative *komreigom *komreigou *komreigā
genitive *komreigī *komreigous *komreigom
dative *komreigūi *komreigobom *komreigobos
locative *komreigei *? *?
instrumental *komreigū *komreigobim *komreigūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kuβ̃ruɨɣ
    • Old Breton: comreg
      • Breton: kevre
    • Cornish: kevren
    • Middle Welsh: kyfreieu
  • Old Irish: cuimrech (reformed by analogy to the prototonic stem of con·rig)

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, pages 314-315.
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rig-o- 'bind'”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
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