N. neledh num. card. “three” (Category: Three)

References ✧ Ety/NEL; EtyAC/LEP, NEL; TAI/150

Glosses

• “three” ✧ Ety/NEL; Ety/NEL (neled); EtyAC/LEP; TAI/150

Variations

• neledh ✧ Ety/NEL; EtyAC/LEP; TAI/150
• neled ✧ Ety/NEL
• neleth ✧ EtyAC/NEL

Related

• neled “three” ending “d” by analogy with canad “four” ✧ Ety/NEL

Changes

• neleth >> neled “three” ✧ EtyAC/NEL

Element In

• N. Neleduir “Three Kings” ✧ EtyAC/LEP (neledh-duir)
• N. lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh “five foot high the door and three may walk abreast” ✧ TAI/150

Cognates

• Ilk. *neld “three” ✧ Ety/NEL
• ᴹQ. nelde “three” ✧ Ety/NEL

Derivations

• < ᴹ√NELED “three” ✧ Ety/NEL (NÉL-ED)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NÉL-ED > neledh

[nelede] > [neleðe] > [neleð]

✧ Ety/NEL