Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srouman

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

By surface analysis, from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”) + *-man. Given the parallel of Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), the term may be inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sréwmn̥.

Noun

*srouman n[1][2]

  1. stream
    Synonym: *uɸoberā

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *srouman *sroumane? *sroumana
vocative *srouman *sroumane? *sroumana
accusative *srouman *sroumane? *sroumana
genitive *sroumens *sroumenous? *sroumenom
dative *sroumenei *sroumembom *sroumembos
locative *sroumen(i) *? *?
instrumental *sroumenei *sroumembim *sroumembis

Descendants

  • >? Old Breton: strum (if not instead read as Latin serum)
  • Old Irish: srúaim[3]

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*srowman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
  2. ^ Stüber, Karin (1998), The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 63
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “srúaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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