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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lindom

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare *liyeti (“flow”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *liH-nd-o-, but that would result in *līndom with a long ī.

Noun

*lindom n[2]

  1. liquid
  2. lake

Declension
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lindom *lindou *lindā
vocative *lindom *lindou *lindā
accusative *lindom *lindou *lindā
genitive *lindī *lindous *lindom
dative *lindūi *lindobom *lindobos
locative *lindei *? *?
instrumental *lindū *lindobim *lindūis

Derived terms
  • *Lindom
    • → Latin: Lindum (“Lindum Colonia, Lincoln”)

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *llɨnn
    • Old Breton: lin (“lake”)
      • Middle Breton: lenn (“pool”)
    • Old Cornish: gre-lin (“lake”)
    • Middle Welsh: llynn (“lake, drink”), llyn
  • Old Irish: lind (“liquid, drink, ale”)
  • Gaulish: lindon[3]
    • Gaulish: *Lindiakon
      • → Latin: Lindiacum (“Lintgen”)

References
  1. Koch, John (2004) “*(φ?)lendu-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 193
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lindu-, *lindo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 239-40
  3. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lindon”, in 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 203
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