Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ninatis

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)[1][2]

Noun

*ninatis f

  1. nettle

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ninatis *ninatī *ninatīs
vocative *ninati *ninatī *ninatīs
accusative *ninatim *ninatī *ninatins
genitive *ninateis *ninatyow *ninatyom
dative *ninatei *ninatibom *ninatibos
locative *ninatei *? *?
instrumental *ninatī *ninatibim *ninatibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *nɨnad
    • Middle Breton: linhadenn sg
      • Breton: linad pl, linadenn sg
    • Old Cornish: linhaden sg
    • Middle Welsh: dynat, danat
  • Old Irish: nenaid
    • Middle Irish: nenaid
      • ⇒ Irish: neantóg
      • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: neanntag, eanntag, feanntag, deanntag
      • ⇒ Manx: undaag, undaagagh

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 218-219
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