Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kalyākos

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”). Compare English hen from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”) for semantic development.

Noun

*kalyākos m

1. rooster

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kalyākos	*kalyākou	*kalyākoi
vocative	*kalyāke	*kalyākou	*kalyākoi
accusative	*kalyākom	*kalyākou	*kalyākoms
genitive	*kalyākī	*kalyākous	*kalyākom
dative	*kalyākūi	*kalyākobom	*kalyākobos
locative	*kalyākei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kalyākū	*kalyākobim	*kalyākūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *kėljọg
  • Middle Breton: kilhog, kilheg
    • Breton: kilhog
  • Old Cornish: chelioc
    • Middle Cornish: celioc, kullyek, colyek
      • Cornish: colyek
  • Middle Welsh: keilyawc
    • Welsh: ceiliog, ceilog
• Old Irish: cailech
  • Irish: coileach
  • Manx: kellagh
  • Scottish Gaelic: coileach
• Gaulish: *caliacos