Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glendos

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

Hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glendos (“shore”); however, the only cognate is Proto-Germanic *klintaz (whence Icelandic klettur, Middle Low German klint), so it may be a borrowing from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

*glendos n[1]

valley

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glendos	*glendese?	*glendesa
vocative	*glendos	*glendese?	*glendesa
accusative	*glendos	*glendese?	*glendesa
genitive	*glendesos	*glendesous?	*glendesom
dative	*glendesē	*glendesbom	*glendesbos
locative	*glendesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*glendesē	*glendesbim	*glendesbis

Descendants

Brythonic: *glɨnn
- Middle Breton: glenn
  - Breton: glen
- Middle Welsh: glynn
  - Welsh: glyn
Old Irish: glenn
- Irish: gleann
- Manx: glion
- Scottish Gaelic: gleann

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 160