Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷekyos
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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
editEtymology
editConnected since Delamarre to Sanskrit शक् (śak, “to be able”), reconstructing a putative Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷ-, albeit requiring that Sanskrit dissimilate the first labiovelar into a palatovelar.[1] However, Germanicists sought to claim that Sanskrit root as related to Proto-Germanic *hagaz (“capable”),[2] which cannot be reconciled with the Celtic forms.
Adjective
edit*kʷekyos[3]
Inflection
edit| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷekyos | *kʷekyou | *kʷekyoi |
| vocative | *kʷekye | *kʷekyou | *kʷekyoi |
| accusative | *kʷekyom | *kʷekyou | *kʷekyoms |
| genitive | *kʷekyī | *kʷekyous | *kʷekyom |
| dative | *kʷekyūi | *kʷekyobom | *kʷekyobos |
| instrumental | *kʷekyū | *kʷekyobim | *kʷekyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷekyā | *kʷekyai | *kʷekyās |
| vocative | *kʷekyā | *kʷekyai | *kʷekyās |
| accusative | *kʷekyam | *kʷekyai | *kʷekyams |
| genitive | *kʷekyās | *kʷekyous | *kʷekyom |
| dative | *kʷekyai | *kʷekyābom | *kʷekyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kʷekyābim | *kʷekyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷekyom | *kʷekyou | *kʷekyā |
| vocative | *kʷekyom | *kʷekyou | *kʷekyā |
| accusative | *kʷekyom | *kʷekyou | *kʷekyā |
| genitive | *kʷekyī | *kʷekyous | *kʷekyom |
| dative | *kʷekyūi | *kʷekyobom | *kʷekyobos |
| instrumental | *kʷekyū | *kʷekyobim | *kʷekyobis |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Classical Gaelic: cich (only in Early Modern era glosses)
References
edit- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “peccia”, 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 247
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[2], volume 3, number 24, , page 30