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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/atinowom

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 *ati- (“re-”) +‎ *now- (“to nod”) +‎ *-om (verbal noun suffix). Verbal noun of *ati-noweti "to entrust", whence Old Irish ad·noí.

Noun

*atinowom n[1]

  1. entrusting to another
  2. deposit

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *atinowom *atinowou *atinowā
vocative *atinowom *atinowou *atinowā
accusative *atinowom *atinowou *atinowā
genitive *atinowī *atinowous *atinowom
dative *atinowūi *atinowobom *atinowobos
locative *atinowei *? *?
instrumental *atinowū *atinowobim *atinowūis

Descendnats
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: adnou
    • Middle Welsh: adneu
  • Old Irish: aithne
    • Middle Irish: aithne (“entrusting, command”)
      • Irish: aithne (“command, commandment”)
      • Scottish Gaelic: àithne (“command, commandment”)
      • Manx: anney (“command”)

References
  1. Stüber, Karin (2015) “aithne”, in Die Verbalabstrakta des Altirischen (in German), page 465
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