Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stledman

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

Unknown, but contains the verbal noun suffix *-man. Attempting to relate to Breton staot (“urine”) struggles to explain the medial -d-.[1]

Noun

*stledman n[2]

  1. spit
  2. pus

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *stledman — —
vocative *stledman — —
accusative *stledman — —
genitive *stledmens — —
dative *stledmenei — —
locative *stledmen(i) — —
instrumental *stledmenei — —

Descendants

  • Old Breton: stledm (“venom, pus”)
  • Old Irish: sleidm (“spit”)

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 439.
  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 67
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