Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kasnī

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

Alternative reconstructions

*kasnis^[1]

Etymology

Feminine ī-stem derivation of Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- with a nasal suffix. Related to Proto-Germanic *hesô (“hare”), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare, rabbit”), and Latin cānus (“grey”).

Noun

*kasnī f

hare

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kasnī	*kasnī	*kasniyās
vocative	*kasnī	*kasnī	*kasniyās
accusative	*kasnīm	*kasnī	*kasnīms
genitive	*kasnyās	*kasnyous	*kasnyom
dative	*kasnyai	*kasnyābom	*kasnyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*kasnyābim	*kasnyābis

Derived terms

The word does not directly survive in any Celtic language. However, some derivatives are known.

⇒ Welsh: ceinach
⇒ Old Irish: Cainnech

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kasni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 192-193

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kasni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 192-193

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