Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸertamos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *uɸer (“over”) + *-tamos (rare superlative suffix).[1]
Adjective
*uɸertamos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *uɸertamos | *uɸertamou | *uɸertamoi |
| vocative | *uɸertame | *uɸertamou | *uɸertamoi |
| accusative | *uɸertamom | *uɸertamou | *uɸertamons |
| genitive | *uɸertamī | *uɸertamous | *uɸertamom |
| dative | *uɸertamūi | *uɸertamobom | *uɸertamobos |
| instrumental | *uɸertamū | *uɸertamobim | *uɸertamobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *uɸertamā | *uɸertamai | *uɸertamās |
| vocative | *uɸertamā | *uɸertamai | *uɸertamās |
| accusative | *uɸertamam | *uɸertamai | *uɸertamans |
| genitive | *uɸertamās | *uɸertamous | *uɸertamom |
| dative | *uɸertamai | *uɸertamābom | *uɸertamābos |
| instrumental | *? | *uɸertamābim | *uɸertamābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *uɸertamom | *uɸertamou | *uɸertamā |
| vocative | *uɸertamom | *uɸertamou | *uɸertamā |
| accusative | *uɸertamom | *uɸertamou | *uɸertamā |
| genitive | *uɸertamī | *uɸertamous | *uɸertamom |
| dative | *uɸertamūi | *uɸertamobom | *uɸertamobos |
| instrumental | *uɸertamū | *uɸertamobim | *uɸertamobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gworθaβ̃ (“summit”)
- Middle Welsh: gwarthaf
- Welsh: gwarthaf
- Middle Welsh: gwarthaf
- Gaulish: uertamon (“summit”, noun, acc. sg.), ⇒ (in Lezoux inscriptions) uertamaca, uertamica
- →⇒ Latin: Vertamocorii
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uertamos”, 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 317