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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāmants
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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
According to Sanas Cormaic, from *an- (“un-, not”) + the present participle of *amati (“to love”),[1] with a reconstructed PIE *n(e)-h₂em-nt-,[1] which would make this noun cognate with Latin amō. However, Matasović disputes this, stating that it looks like folk etymology and that the root *am- is otherwise unattested in Celtic.[1]
Declension
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *nāmants | *nāmante | *nāmantes |
| vocative | *nāmants | *nāmante | *nāmantes |
| accusative | *nāmantam | *nāmante | *nāmantams |
| genitive | *nāmantos | *nāmantou | *nāmantom |
| dative | *nāmantei | *nāmantobom | *nāmantobos |
| locative | *nāmanti | — | — |
| instrumental | *nāmante? | *nāmantobim | *nāmantobis |
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nāmant-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
- Koch, John (2004) “*nāmant-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 108
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