Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knāmis

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 *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hammō (whence English ham (“shinbone”)) and Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “tibia”).[1]

Noun

*knāmis m

  1. bone

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *knāmis *knāmī *knāmīs
vocative *knāmi *knāmī *knāmīs
accusative *knāmim *knāmī *knāmins
genitive *knāmeis *knāmyow *knāmyom
dative *knāmei *knāmibom *knāmibos
locative *knāmei *? *?
instrumental *knāmī *knāmibim *knāmibis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: cnáim
    • Irish: cnámh
    • Manx: craue
    • Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh
    • →? Middle Welsh: knaw
      • ⇒ Welsh: pencnaw (“end of a bone”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*knāmi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
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