< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yalom
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Pre-Celtic *ih̥₁-l-eh₂-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-. Related to Russian я́ловый (jálovyj, “barren”), Latvian jēls (“raw, uncooked”), English idle.
Noun
*yalom n
- clearing, glade
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *iālom | *iālou | *iālā |
| vocative | *iālom | *iālou | *iālā |
| accusative | *iālom | *iālou | *iālā |
| genitive | *iālī | *iālous | *iālom |
| dative | *iālūi | *iālobom | *iālobos |
| locative | *iālei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *iālū | *iālobim | *iālūis |
Descendants
- Middle Welsh: ial
- Welsh: iâl
- Pictish:
- → English: Yell
- Gaulish: *ialum
- → *Eburoialum, *Vernoialum, *Nantoialum (toponyms)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 432–3
- Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*yalo-”, Zagreb, p. 44
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 504–5
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268