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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oβnus

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

Uncertain.

According to Matasović, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *ęga (“to shiver”), assuming the root to be Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ-, though this root is usually reconstructed as *h₁eng- on the basis of Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache, regret”).[1]

Or, from *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict, tighten”); see the cognates listed at Latvian īgt (“to be angry”).

An alternative theory links the root to Proto-Indo-European *pow- (“to fear”), to which Proto-Italic *pawēō (“to be afraid”) may also belong.[2]

Noun

*oβnus m[1]

  1. fear

Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *obnus *obnū *obnowes
vocative *obnu *obnū *obnūs
accusative *obnum *obnū *obnums
genitive *obnous *obnous *obnowom
dative *obnou *obnubom *obnubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *obnū *obnubim *obnubis

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *oβn
    • Middle Breton: oun
    • Cornish: own
    • Middle Welsh: ofuyn
  • Old Irish: ómun, omun, homun
    • Middle Irish: úaman, oman
      • Irish: uamhan
      • Scottish Gaelic: uabhann

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*obnu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 295-96: “*obno- or *obnu-”
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451
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