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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/telmis
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From earlier *telksmis, from Proto-Indo-European *telksm̥is, from *telk- (“to thrust, strike”) + *sem- (“together, one”)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (“to pound”), Lithuanian tìlkti (“to be tame”).
Noun
*telmis f
- sling, snare
Declension
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *telmis | *telmī | *telmīs |
| vocative | *telmi | *telmī | *telmīs |
| accusative | *telmim | *telmī | *telmims |
| genitive | *telmeis | *telmyow | *telmyom |
| dative | *telmei | *telmibom | *telmibos |
| locative | *telmei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *telmī | *telmibim | *telmibis |
Related terms
- *tolkos
- *talskos
Descendants
- Brythonic:
- Old Breton: talmorion
- Middle Breton: talm
- Breton: talm
- Middle Breton: talm
- Middle Welsh: telm
- Old Breton: talmorion
- Middle Irish: teilm
- Irish: tailm
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367