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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bēsman

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 *bē- (“strike”) +‎ *-sman (action noun suffix).

Noun

*bēsman n[1]

  1. strike, blow

Inflection
Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *bēsman *bēsmane? *bēsmana
vocative *bēsman *bēsmane? *bēsmana
accusative *bēsman *bēsmane? *bēsmana
genitive *bēsmens *bēsmenous? *bēsmenom
dative *bēsmenē *bēsmembom *bēsmembos
locative *bēsmen(i) *? *?
instrumental *bēsmenē *bēsmembim *bēsmembis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *buɨmm
    • Middle Breton: boemm
      • Breton: boem (“strip of land, something astonishing or shocking”)
    • Cornish: bomm
  • Old Irish: béim, béimm

References
  1. Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 63
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