Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nemetom

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

From Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute”).[1]

Noun

*nemetom n[1]

sacred place, sanctuary

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nemētom	*nemētou	*nemētā
vocative	*nemētom	*nemētou	*nemētā
accusative	*nemētom	*nemētou	*nemētā
genitive	*nemētī	*nemētous	*nemētom
dative	*nemētūi	*nemētobom	*nemētobos
locative	*nemētei	*?	*?
instrumental	*nemētū	*nemētobim	*nemētūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *neβ̃ed
- Old Breton: -nimet
  - Middle Breton: neved (“sanctuary”)
    - Breton: neñved
- Old Welsh: -nivet
  - Middle Welsh: nyuet
    - Welsh: nyfed (“sacred grove”)
Gaulish: νεμητον
- → Latin: Nemetum
  - ⇒ Latin: Augustonemetum (“Clermont-Ferrand”) (place-name)
  - ⇒ Latin: Nemetodurum (place-name)
    - French: Nanterre
Old Irish: nemed, neimed
- Irish: neimheadh
Hispano-Celtic:
- →⇒ Latin: Nemetobriga (place-name)
- → Galician: Nendos (place-name)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemeto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288

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[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemeto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288