< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lemos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem.
Noun
*lemos m[1]
- elm
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *lemos | *lemou | *lemoi |
| vocative | *leme | *lemou | *lemūs |
| accusative | *lemom | *lemou | *lemoms |
| genitive | *lemī | *lemous | *lemom |
| dative | *lemūi | *lemobom | *lemobos |
| locative | *lemei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *lemū | *lemobim | *lemūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *lluɨβ̃ (as if from *lēmos)
- Middle Welsh: llwyfen
- Welsh: llwyf
- Middle Welsh: llwyfen
- Old Irish: lem
- Middle Irish: lem
- Irish: leamh
- Middle Irish: lem
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lemo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 237