Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kū

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.^[1]

Noun edit

*kū m

dog
wolf
Synonym: *wailos

Declension edit

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kū	*kune	*kunes
vocative	*kū	*kune	*kunes
accusative	*kunam	*kune	*kunams
genitive	*kunos	*kunou	*kunom
dative	*kunei	*kunobom	*kunobos
locative	*kuni	—	—
instrumental	*kune?	*kunobim	*kunobis

Derived terms edit

*dubrokū

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *ki
- Middle Breton: ci, qui
  - Breton: ki
- Old Cornish: ci
  - Cornish: ki, kei
- Middle Welsh: ci, ki
  - Welsh: ci
Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, gen.sg.)
- Old Irish: cú
  - Middle Irish: cú
    - Irish: cú
    - Manx: coo
    - Scottish Gaelic: cù

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 181

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 181

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