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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srouman

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 Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“flow, stream”) + *-man.

Noun

*srouman n[1][2]

  1. stream

Inflection
Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *srouman *sroumane? *sroumana
vocative *srouman *sroumane? *sroumana
accusative *srouman *sroumane? *sroumana
genitive *sroumens *sroumenous? *sroumenom
dative *sroumenē *sroumembom *sroumembos
locative *sroumen(i) *? *?
instrumental *sroumenē *sroumembim *sroumembis

Descendants
  • Old Breton: strum (if not instead read as Latin serum)
  • Old Irish: srúaim

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*srowman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
  2. Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 63
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