Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kīkos
Proto-Celtic
editAlternative forms
edit- *kīkā (feminine ā-stem)
Etymology
editAssumed to be of expressive/imitative origin, common for female body parts[1] (cf. unrelated English tit, German Zitze (“teat”)).
The masculine gender of the Brythonic forms and potential evidence of the Old Irish daughter form being a neuter s-stem leads Matasović (2009) to propose possibly reconstructing the Proto-Celtic form as an s-stem neuter.
Noun
edit*kīkos n[1]
Declension
editNeuter s-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *kīkos | *kīkese? | *kīkesa |
vocative | *kīkos | *kīkese? | *kīkesa |
accusative | *kīkos | *kīkese? | *kīkesa |
genitive | *kīkesos | *kīkesous? | *kīkesom |
dative | *kīkesē | *kīkesbom | *kīkesbos |
locative | *kīkesi | *? | *? |
instrumental | *kīkesē | *kīkesbim | *kīkesbis |