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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