Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glanos

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃-nó-s, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”),^[1] though semantically difficult to explain^[2].

Adjective

*glanos

clean
clear

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glanos	*glanou	*glanoi
vocative	*glane	*glanou	*glanoi
accusative	*glanom	*glanou	*glanoms
genitive	*glanī	*glanous	*glanom
dative	*glanūi	*glanobom	*glanobos
instrumental	*glanū	*glanobim	*glanobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glanā	*glanai	*glanās
vocative	*glanā	*glanai	*glanās
accusative	*glanam	*glanai	*glanams
genitive	*glanās	*glanous	*glanom
dative	*glanai	*glanābom	*glanābos
instrumental	*?	*glanābim	*glanābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glanom	*glanou	*glanā
vocative	*glanom	*glanou	*glanā
accusative	*glanom	*glanou	*glanā
genitive	*glanī	*glanous	*glanom
dative	*glanūi	*glanobom	*glanobos
instrumental	*glanū	*glanobim	*glanobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glanyūs	*?	*glanyoses
vocative	*glanyūs	*?	*glanyoses
accusative	*glanyosam	*?	*glanyosams
genitive	*glanisos	*?	*glanisom
dative	*glanisei	*?	*glanisbos
instrumental	*glanisī	*?	*glanisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glanyūs	*?	*glanyoses
vocative	*glanyūs	*?	*glanyoses
accusative	*glanyosam	*?	*glanyosams
genitive	*glanisos	*?	*glanisom
dative	*glanisei	*?	*glanisbos
instrumental	*glanisī	*?	*glanisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glanis	*?	*?
vocative	*glanis	*?	*?
accusative	*glanis	*?	*?
genitive	*glanisos	*?	*glanisom
dative	*glanisei	*?	*glanisbos
instrumental	*glanisī	*?	*glanisbis

Derived terms

*glanis

Descendants

Brythonic: *glan
- Old Breton: glan
  - Middle Breton: glan
    - Breton: glan
- Cornish: glan
- Middle Welsh: glan
  - Welsh: glân
Old Irish: glan
- Irish: glan
- Scottish Gaelic: glan
- Manx: glen
Gaulish: Glanis (hydronym), (Matrebo) Glaneikabo (theonym)
- → French: Gland (placename)
- →? French: glaner

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*glano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France, vol. 1 : Formations préceltiques, celtiques, romanes, Librairie Droz, Genève, 1990, p. 704

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*glano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

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