Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸedom

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 *pedom, a thematic derivative of *ped- (“to step”).^[1]

Noun

*ɸedom n

space, interval
place

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸedom	*ɸedou	*ɸedā
vocative	*ɸedom	*ɸedou	*ɸedā
accusative	*ɸedom	*ɸedou	*ɸedā
genitive	*ɸedī	*ɸedous	*ɸedom
dative	*ɸedūi	*ɸedobom	*ɸedobos
locative	*ɸedei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸedū	*ɸedobim	*ɸedūis

Related terms

Descendants

Middle Irish: ed (“space, interval”), fed
- Irish: feadh, feá
- Scottish Gaelic: feadh
Gaulish: *edon
- ⇒ Gaulish: *cantedon
  - → Latin: candetum (with metathesis)
⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Tarwedo- (name of a promontory in Britain) (Early Proto-Brittonic, compound with *tarwos (“bull”))
- → Latin: Tarvedum
  - → Ancient Greek: Ταρουεδούμ (Tarouedoúm)
⇒ Old Irish: ined (< *eni-ɸedo-)
- Middle Irish: inad
  - Irish: ionad
  - Scottish Gaelic: ionad
⇒ Middle Irish: machad (“milking yard”) (< *mages-ɸedo-)

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cantedon”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 103

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cantedon”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 103

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