Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tandman

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

A zero-grade *-man action noun from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to cut”).

Noun

*tandman n[1][2]

  1. an act of cutting or breaking

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tandman *tandmane? *tandmana
vocative *tandman *tandmane? *tandmana
accusative *tandman *tandmane? *tandmana
genitive *tandmens *tandmenous? *tandmenom
dative *tandmenei *tandmembom *tandmembos
locative *tandmen(i) *? *?
instrumental *tandmenei *tandmembim *tandmembis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tam (“morsel”)
    • Middle Breton: tam
    • Middle Cornish: tam
    • Middle Welsh: tam
  • Old Irish: teinm
    • Middle Irish: teinm

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tand-man-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
  2. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 310-311
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