Appendix:Proto-Celtic/ekwos

This entry contains Proto-Celtic reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

*ekwos m

1. horse

Declension

Declension of ekwos (o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ekwos	ekou	ekwoi
vocative	ekwe	ekou	ekūs
accusative	ekwom	ekou	ekūs
genitive	ekwī	ekwous	ekwom
dative	ekūi	ekwobom	ekwobos
instrumental	ekū	ekwobim	ekwobis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *epos
  • Old Breton: eb
    • Breton: keneb (“mare in foal”)
  • Old Welsh: eb
    • Welsh: cyfeb (“mare in foal”)
• Goidelic: *ekwos
  • Old Irish: ech
    • Irish: each
• Gaulish: epos