Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kalgā
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₂- (“to pierce, strike”).
Noun
editDeclension
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *kalgā | *kalgai | *kalgās |
vocative | *kalgā | *kalgai | *kalgās |
accusative | *kalgam | *kalgai | *kalgāms |
genitive | *kalgās | *kalgous | *kalgom |
dative | *kalgāi | *kalgābom | *kalgābos |
locative | *kalgai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *kalgābim | *kalgābis |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *kalɣ (“penis”)
- Old Irish: colg, calg f (later m) (“sword”)
- Gaulish: *kalgos (“point, sword”)[4]
References
edit- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*kalgā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 249
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page *kolgā of 212-213
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*kolgo-, kalgo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[2], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 350
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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, pages calgo-–98