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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/edennos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from earlier *ɸedennos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-n̥-no-s, from *ped- (“to bind, tie, restrain”).[1]
Noun
*edennos m[1]
- ivy
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ɸedennos | *ɸedennou | *ɸedennoi |
| vocative | *ɸedenne | *ɸedennou | *ɸedennūs |
| accusative | *ɸedennom | *ɸedennou | *ɸedennoms |
| genitive | *ɸedennī | *ɸedennous | *ɸedennom |
| dative | *ɸedennūi | *ɸedennobom | *ɸedennobos |
| instrumental | *ɸedennū | *ɸedennobim | *ɸedennobis |
Alternative reconstructions
- *ɸedennos[2]
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *eðenn
- Middle Breton: ilieavenn
- Breton: iliav, ilio, iliavenn (sgv.)
- Cornish: idhyow, idhyo, idhyowen (sgv.)
- Middle Welsh: eido, eiddio
- Welsh: eiddew, eiddo
- Middle Breton: ilieavenn
- Old Irish: eiden, eidenn
- Scottish Gaelic: eidheann
Further reading
- Lewis, Henry; Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 36
- Williams, Robert (1865), “idhio”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 225
- Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “iliav”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 787
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eiddew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “Clt. *edenno- < IE. *ped-eno- o’r gwr. *ped- ‘rhwymo, clymu, rhwystro’”
- Koch, John (2004), “*φedenno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185