Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oβnus

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

Uncertain. According to Matasović, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *ęga (“to shiver”), assuming the root to be Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ-, though this root is usually reconstructed as *h₁eng- on the basis of Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”). Or, from *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict, tighten”); see the cognates listed at Latvian īgt (“to be angry”).

Noun

oβnus m[1]

fear

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obnus	*obnū	*obnowes
vocative	*obnu	*obnū	*obnūs
accusative	*obnum	*obnū	*obnums
genitive	*obnous	*obnous	*obnowom
dative	*obnou	*obnubom	*obnubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*obnū	*obnubim	*obnubis

Alternative reconstructions

*oβnos[1]

Derived terms

*exsoβnos

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *oβn
- Middle Breton: oun
  - Breton: ovn
- Cornish: own
- Middle Welsh: ofuyn
  - Welsh: ofn
Old Irish: ómun

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*obnu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 295-96: “*obno- or *obnu-”

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*obnu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 295-96: “*obno- or *obnu-”