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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/omos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós.
Adjective
*omos[1][2]
- raw
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *omos | *omou | *omoi |
| vocative | *ome | *omou | *omūs |
| accusative | *omom | *omou | *omoms |
| genitive | *omī | *omous | *omom |
| dative | *omūi | *omobom | *omobos |
| instrumental | *omū | *omobim | *omobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *omā | *omai | *omās |
| vocative | *omā | *omai | *omās |
| accusative | *omam | *omai | *omams |
| genitive | *omās | *omous | *omom |
| dative | *omai | *omābom | *omābos |
| instrumental | *? | *omābim | *omābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *omom | *omou | *omā |
| vocative | *omom | *omou | *omā |
| accusative | *omom | *omou | *omā |
| genitive | *omī | *omous | *omom |
| dative | *omūi | *omobom | *omobos |
| instrumental | *omū | *omobim | *omobis |
Derived terms
- *omiyom (“copper, bronze”)
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *oβ̃
- Welsh: of
- Old Irish: om
- Middle Irish: om
- Irish: amh
- Scottish Gaelic: amh
- Manx: aw
- Middle Irish: om
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*omo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 299
- Koch, John (2004), “*omo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 273