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Reconstruction:Gaulish/lanom

This Gaulish 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.

Gaulish

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānom, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).[1][2][3][4] Related to Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom (“floor”), *ɸlātrom. Cognate with Latin plānus.

Noun

lānom n

  1. plain, field

Derived terms
  • *Medyolānom
    • → Latin: Mediolānum (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, § From PIE to Celtic
  2. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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 mediolanon of 221-222
  3. Koch, John (2004) “plain *φlā-no-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  4. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pelə-, plā-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 805-806
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