Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/alnos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

Adjective

*alnos^[1]

Alternative form of *alyos:
1. other
2. second

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*alnos	*alnou	*alnoi
vocative	*alne	*alnou	*alnoi
accusative	*alnom	*alnou	*alnons
genitive	*alnī	*alnous	*alnom
dative	*alnūi	*alnobom	*alnobos
instrumental	*alnū	*alnobim	*alnobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*alnā	*alnai	*alnās
vocative	*alnā	*alnai	*alnās
accusative	*alnam	*alnai	*alnans
genitive	*alnās	*alnous	*alnom
dative	*alnai	*alnābom	*alnābos
instrumental	*?	*alnābim	*alnābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*alnom	*alnou	*alnā
vocative	*alnom	*alnou	*alnā
accusative	*alnom	*alnou	*alnā
genitive	*alnī	*alnous	*alnom
dative	*alnūi	*alnobom	*alnobos
instrumental	*alnū	*alnobim	*alnobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*alnyūs	*?	*alnyoses
vocative	*alnyūs	*?	*alnyoses
accusative	*alnyosam	*?	*alnyosans
genitive	*alnisos	*?	*alnisom
dative	*alnisei	*?	*alnisbos
instrumental	*alnisī	*?	*alnisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*alnyūs	*?	*alnyoses
vocative	*alnyūs	*?	*alnyoses
accusative	*alnyosam	*?	*alnyosans
genitive	*alnisos	*?	*alnisom
dative	*alnisei	*?	*alnisbos
instrumental	*alnisī	*?	*alnisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*alnis	*?	*?
vocative	*alnis	*?	*?
accusative	*alnis	*?	*?
genitive	*alnisos	*?	*alnisom
dative	*alnisei	*?	*alnisbos
instrumental	*alnisī	*?	*alnisbis

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Irish: aill (neut. nom./acc. sg.) (from *alnid formed by analogy to pronouns)^[2]
Gaulish: allos (“second”)

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “allos”, 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 39
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 321-322

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “allos”, 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 39

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 321-322

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