Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glendos

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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

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Etymology

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Hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glendos (“shore”); however, the only cognate is Proto-Germanic *klintaz (whence Icelandic klettur, Middle Low German klint), so it may be a borrowing from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

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*glendos n[1]

  1. valley

Inflection

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Neuter s-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *glendos *glendese? *glendesa
vocative *glendos *glendese? *glendesa
accusative *glendos *glendese? *glendesa
genitive *glendesos *glendesous? *glendesom
dative *glendesē *glendesbom *glendesbos
locative *glendesi *? *?
instrumental *glendesē *glendesbim *glendesbis

Descendants

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  • Brythonic: *glɨnn
    • Middle Breton: glenn
    • Cornish: glên, glyn
    • Middle Welsh: glynn
  • Old Irish: glenn

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 160
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