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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/linnā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *linom (“flax”) plus an unknown suffix, maybe Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂ (“Used to form nouns denoting an object”) as one of the suffixes suggested by Matasović. The original Proto-Indo-European word doesn’t seem to be confined to a single form; Proto-Celtic, for example, has two versions, one with the long /i/ and another with its short counterpart. See Latin līnum, Proto-Germanic *līną for more information.
Noun
*linnā f[1][2]
- veil
- cloak
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *linnā | *linnai | *linnās |
| vocative | *linnā | *linnai | *linnās |
| accusative | *linnam | *linnai | *linnāms |
| genitive | *linnās | *linnous | *linnom |
| dative | *linnāi | *linnābom | *linnābos |
| locative | *linnai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *linnābim | *linnābis |
Related terms
- *līnom (“flax”)
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *llenn
- Old Breton: lenn
- Breton: lenn
- Old Cornish: len
- Cornish: len
- Old Welsh: lenn
- Middle Welsh: llen
- Welsh: llen
- Middle Welsh: llen
- Old Breton: lenn
- Old Irish: lenn
- Gaulish: *linnā (“mantle”)
- → Latin: linnā
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
- Koch, John (2004), “cloak *φlinnā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 66