Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ninnos

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

Probably originally a childish term[1] of affective origin.

Noun

*ninnos m[2]

  1. male servant

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ninnos *ninnou *ninnoi
vocative *ninne *ninnou *ninnoi
accusative *ninnom *ninnou *ninnons
genitive *ninnī *ninnous *ninnom
dative *ninnūi *ninnobom *ninnobos
locative *ninnei *? *?
instrumental *ninnū *ninnobim *ninnūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • →⇒ Latin: Nennius
  • Middle Irish: nen (“handmaid”) (< feminine *ninnā)
  • Gaulish: *Ninnos, *Nininos, *Ninnaros

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “ninnos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 235
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023), “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 32
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