Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaletos

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

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Etymology

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If the original meaning was "frozen" before evolving into "hard," possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlH-eto- (cold), related to *kal- (hard), see also Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (hero), Latin calleo (I am hardened). MacBain prefers a connection with Proto-Germanic *halluz (stone, boulder), from *(s)kel- (to cut; hew).[1]

Adjective

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*kaletos[2]

  1. hard, strong, cruel

Inflection

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O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kaletos *kaletou *kaletoi
vocative *kalete *kaletou *kaletoi
accusative *kaletom *kaletou *kaletoms
genitive *kaletī *kaletous *kaletom
dative *kaletūi *kaletobom *kaletobos
instrumental *kaletū *kaletobim *kaletobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kaletā *kaletai *kaletās
vocative *kaletā *kaletai *kaletās
accusative *kaletam *kaletai *kaletams
genitive *kaletās *kaletous *kaletom
dative *kaletai *kaletābom *kaletābos
instrumental *? *kaletābim *kaletābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *kaletom *kaletou *kaletā
vocative *kaletom *kaletou *kaletā
accusative *kaletom *kaletou *kaletā
genitive *kaletī *kaletous *kaletom
dative *kaletūi *kaletobom *kaletobos
instrumental *kaletū *kaletobim *kaletobis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: calad
  • Gaulish: Caleti (ethnonym)

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “caladh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kaleto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 185