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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/edennos

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

Unknown; possibly from earlier *ɸedennos, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-n̥-no-s, from *ped- (“to bind, tie, restrain”).[1]

Noun

*edennos m[1]

  1. ivy

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸedennos *ɸedennou *ɸedennoi
vocative *ɸedenne *ɸedennou *ɸedennūs
accusative *ɸedennom *ɸedennou *ɸedennoms
genitive *ɸedennī *ɸedennous *ɸedennom
dative *ɸedennūi *ɸedennobom *ɸedennobos
locative *ɸedennei *? *?
instrumental *ɸedennū *ɸedennobim *ɸedennūis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *eðenn
    • Middle Breton: ilieavenn
      • Breton: iliav, ilio, iliavenn (sgv.)
    • Cornish: idhyow, idhyo, idhyowen (sgv.)
    • Middle Welsh: eido, eiddio
  • Old Irish: eiden, eidenn

Further reading
  • Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 36
  • Williams, Robert (1865) “idhio”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 225
  • Cornillet, Gérard (2017) “iliav”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton, page 787

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “eiddew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “Clt. *edenno- < IE. *ped-eno- o’r gwr. *ped- ‘rhwymo, clymu, rhwystro’”
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*φedenno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 185
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