Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gnīmus

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

Related to *gniyeti (“to do, make”). Contains a suffix *-mus.

Noun

*gnīmus m[1]

  1. doing, act, action
  2. work

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gnīmus *gnīmū *gnīmowes
vocative *gnīmu *gnīmū *gnīmūs
accusative *gnīmum *gnīmū *gnīmuns
genitive *gnīmous *gnīmous *gnīmowom
dative *gnīmou *gnīmubom *gnīmubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *gnīmū *gnīmubim *gnīmubis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gniβ̃
    • Old Breton: gnim (“act, deed”)
      • Breton: niñv (“affliction”)
    • Old Welsh: gnim (“act, deed”)
      • Welsh: gnif (“toil; hardship”)
  • Old Irish: gním

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gnīmu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
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