Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yalom
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Celtic *ih̥₁-l-eh₂-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-. Related to Russian я́ловый (jálovyj, “barren”), Latvian jēls (“raw, uncooked”), English idle.
Noun
[edit]*yalom n
Declension
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *iālom | *iālou | *iālā |
| vocative | *iālom | *iālou | *iālā |
| accusative | *iālom | *iālou | *iālā |
| genitive | *iālī | *iālous | *iālom |
| dative | *iālūi | *iālobom | *iālobos |
| locative | *iālei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *iālū | *iālobim | *iālūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Welsh: ial
- Welsh: iâl
- Pictish:
- → English: Yell
- Gaulish: *ialum
- → *Eburoialum, *Vernoialum, *Nantoialum (toponyms)
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “iâl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 432–3
- Matasović, Ranko (2011). “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, s.v. “*yalo-”, Zagreb, p. 44
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “504–5”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 504–5