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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸognīmus

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

Alternative forms
  • *uɸognīmā (for Brythonic forms only)[1]

Etymology

From *uɸo- (“under-”) +‎ *gnīmus (“doing”), literally “doing under”.

Noun

*uɸognīmus m[2]

  1. service

Inflection
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸognīmus *uɸognīmū *uɸognīmowes
vocative *uɸognīmu *uɸognīmū *uɸognīmūs
accusative *uɸognīmum *uɸognīmū *uɸognīmums
genitive *uɸognīmous *uɸognīmous *uɸognīmowom
dative *uɸognīmou *uɸognīmubom *uɸognīmubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *uɸognīmū *uɸognīmubim *uɸognīmubis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwöɣniβ̃
  • Old Irish: fognam

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 274
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gweinyddaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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