Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rāmyos

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”), whence also the verb *rāyeti. The "oar" sense was the original meaning.

Noun

*rāmyos m[1][2]

  1. oar
  2. spade, shovel

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *rāmyos *rāmyou *rāmyoi
vocative *rāmye *rāmyou *rāmyoi
accusative *rāmyom *rāmyou *rāmyons
genitive *rāmyī *rāmyous *rāmyom
dative *rāmyūi *rāmyobom *rāmyobos
locative *rāmyei *? *?
instrumental *rāmyū *rāmyobim *rāmyūis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *rrọβ̃
    • Middle Breton: reuf
      • Breton: reuñv
    • Middle Cornish: rêv
    • Middle Welsh: raw
  • Old Irish: rámae

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, pages 185-186.
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023), “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 172–192
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rāsmiyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
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