Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/līnom

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/līnom

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *līnom (“flax”). Matasović derives the word from Latin līnum (“flax”)[1]. See *linnā (“veil, cloak”).

Noun

*līnom n[1]

1. flax

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*līnom	*līnou	*līnā
vocative	*līnom	*līnou	*līnā
accusative	*līnom	*līnou	*līnā
genitive	*līnī	*līnous	*līnom
dative	*līnūi	*līnobom	*līnobos
locative	*līnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*līnū	*līnobim	*līnūis

Related terms

• *linnā (“veil, cloak”)

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *llin
  • Middle Breton: lin
  • Cornish: lyn
  • Welsh: llin
• Old Irish: lín[2]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to flow”).[3] Compare Old Irish díle and Welsh dillydd.

Noun

*līnom n[3]

1. flow
2. flood

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*līnom	*līnou	*līnā
vocative	*līnom	*līnou	*līnā
accusative	*līnom	*līnou	*līnā
genitive	*līnī	*līnous	*līnom
dative	*līnūi	*līnobom	*līnobos
locative	*līnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*līnū	*līnobim	*līnūis

Related terms

• *liyants

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *llin
  • Middle Breton: lin
  • Cornish: lyn
  • Middle Welsh: llin
• Old Irish: lín
  • Irish: líon

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*linnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 240: “*lino”
2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
3. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*līno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 240-41