Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸaremertom

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 *ɸare- +‎ Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot”) +‎ *-tom (verbal noun suffix), according to Vendryes.[1]

Schumacher prefers *ɸare- +‎ *eni- +‎ *ber- +‎ *-tom.

Noun

*ɸaremertom n[2]

  1. preparation, provision

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸaremertom *ɸaremertou *ɸaremertā
vocative *ɸaremertom *ɸaremertou *ɸaremertā
accusative *ɸaremertom *ɸaremertou *ɸaremertā
genitive *ɸaremertī *ɸaremertous *ɸaremertom
dative *ɸaremertūi *ɸaremertobom *ɸaremertobos
locative *ɸaremertei *? *?
instrumental *ɸaremertū *ɸaremertobim *ɸaremertūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *armerθ
    • Middle Breton: armerhein
      • Breton: armerzh
    • Middle Welsh: armerth
  • Old Irish: airmert

References

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1937) “Variétés étymologiques”, in Etudes Celtiques (in French), volume 2, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 127–136
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fare-mert-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 124
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