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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanxsman

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

Related to *kengeti (“to step”) +‎ *-sman.[1]

Noun

*kanxsman n[1]

  1. step, act of stepping

Inflection
Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kanxsman *kanxsmane? *kanxsmana
vocative *kanxsman *kanxsmane? *kanxsmana
accusative *kanxsman *kanxsmane? *kanxsmana
genitive *kanxsmens *kanxsmenous? *kanxsmenom
dative *kanxsmenē *kanxsmembom *kanxsmembos
locative *kanxsmen(i) *? *?
instrumental *kanxsmenē *kanxsmembim *kanxsmembis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kam
    • Middle Breton: cam
    • Cornish: cam
    • Old Welsh: cemmein
  • Celtiberian: kamanom (possibly)
  • Gaulish: *kamman
    • Early Medieval Latin: cammīnus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Irish: céimm

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanxsman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188/189
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “céim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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