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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gobanns
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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.[1] Possibly related to Latin faber,[2] if the original root was Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰobʰ- or *gʰwobʰ-; however, the Latin word is usually instead derived from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to fit, fashion”).[3]
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gobanns | *gobanne | *gobannes |
| vocative | *gobanns | *gobanne | *gobannes |
| accusative | *gobannam | *gobanne | *gobannams |
| genitive | *gobannos | *gobannou | *gobannom |
| dative | *gobannei | *gobannobom | *gobannobos |
| locative | *gobanni | — | — |
| instrumental | *gobanne? | *gobannobim | *gobannobis |
Reconstruction notes
Thurneysen reconstructs the stem of this term as having a geminate -nn-.[4] However, Matasović reconstructs a single -n- for the stem,[1] leaving the Old Irish unlenited n-stem unexplained.
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*goban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gabha”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “faber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 327, page 208
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