Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/imbetom

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

Unknown.[1]

Noun

*imbetom n[1]

  1. great quantity

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *imbetom *imbetou *imbetā
vocative *imbetom *imbetou *imbetā
accusative *imbetom *imbetou *imbetā
genitive *imbetī *imbetous *imbetom
dative *imbetūi *imbetobom *imbetobos
locative *imbetei *? *?
instrumental *imbetū *imbetobim *imbetūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Old Welsh: immet
  • Gaulish: *Imbetyos, *Imbetos (Personal names)
    • Latin: Imbetius, Imbetus
  • Goidelic:[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*imbeto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 172
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “imbed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language