Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāunyā

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nowh₂ny-eh₂-, from *neh₂w- (“to die, lack”). Cognate with Tocharian A nwām (“sick”), Tocharian B naut- (“to die”), etc.

Noun

*nāunyā f[2]

  1. hunger

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nāunyā *nāunyai *nāunyās
vocative *nāunyā *nāunyai *nāunyās
accusative *nāunyam *nāunyai *nāunyāns
genitive *nāunyās *nāunyous *nāunyom
dative *nāunyāi *nāunyābom *nāunyābos
locative *nāunyai *? *?
instrumental *? *nāunyābim *nāunyābis

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: newyn (“hunger”)
      • Welsh: newyn (“hunger, starvation, famine”)
    • Breton: naoun (“hunger, starvation, famine”)
  • Goidelic:

References

  1. ^ Uhlich, Jürgen (1995) “On the Fate of Intervocalic *-ṷ- in Old Irish, Especially between Neutral Vowels”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 46, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 26 August 2022, pages 11–48
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāw(i)nyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 285

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “newyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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