Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/talamū

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

From Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground”).[1] Compare with Latin tellus (“earth”) and Sanskrit तल (tala, “bottom”).

Noun

*talamū m[2][3]

earth

Declension

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*talamū	*talamone?	*talamones
vocative	*talamū	*talamone?	*talamones
accusative	*talamonam	*talamone?	*talamonams
genitive	*talamonos	*talamonows?	*talamonom
dative	*talamonei	*talamombom	*talamombos
locative	*talamon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*talamonei	*talamombim	*talamombis

Descendants

Old Irish: talam
- Irish: talamh
- Manx: thalloo
- Scottish Gaelic: talamh
Gaulish: *talamon[4]
- → Latin: Talamone
- → Latin: Talmun
  - French: Talmont

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*talamon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
Koch, John (2004), “*tela-mon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 103
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “talu-, talamon-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 288

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

[EDPC-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*talamon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

[3] Koch, John (2004), “*tela-mon-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 103

[DLG-4] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “talu-, talamon-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 288