Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Kʷennowindos

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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennowindos

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From *kʷennom (“head”) +‎ *windos (“white”).

Proper noun

*Kʷennowindos m

1. a male given name

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Kʷennowindos	—	—
vocative	*Kʷennowinde	—	—
accusative	*Kʷennowindom	—	—
genitive	*Kʷennowindī	—	—
dative	*Kʷennowindūi	—	—
locative	*Kʷennowindei	—	—
instrumental	*Kʷennowindū	—	—

Descendants

As a personal name:

• Old Irish: Cennfinn
  • Irish: Ceannfhionn
• ⇒ Primitive Irish: ᚊᚓᚅᚑᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (qenovendagni)
  • Old Irish: Cennfinnán
• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Breton: Penven
• Gaulish: Πεννοουινδος (Pennowindos)

As a place name:

• Gaulish: *Pennowindos
  • → Latin: Penvennum

References

• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “penno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 249