Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/longā

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

Traditionally considered a borrowing from Latin (navis) longa (“long ship”); note the Gaulish name for the Roman town Nauportus, Longaticum.

However, Matasovic and McCone are skeptical of the word being a Latin borrowing, and take it as an inherited Celtic word, with Matasovic putting the origin as unknown and leaving it open.[1]

Noun

*longā f

  1. boat, vessel

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *longā *longai *longās
vocative *longā *longai *longās
accusative *longam *longai *longāns
genitive *longās *longous *longom
dative *longāi *longābom *longābos
locative *longai *? *?
instrumental *? *longābim *longābis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *llong
    • Welsh: llong
    • Old Breton: locou
  • Old Irish: long
  • Gaulish: Longaticum (“Nauportus”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
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