Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/itrom

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 *h₁ey- (“to go”); either via suffixation of *-trom (instrumental suffix)[1] or a thematization of *h₁éytr̥ (“way, course”).[2]

Noun

*itrom n

  1. something that provides passage

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *itrom *itrou *itrā
vocative *itrom *itrou *itrā
accusative *itrom *itrou *itrā
genitive *itrī *itrous *itrom
dative *itrūi *itrobom *itrobos
locative *itrei *? *?
instrumental *itrū *itrobim *itrūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Irish: ethar (“boat”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 171
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 230
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