Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kennos
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editMay be related to Proto-Germanic *skinþą (“skin, peel”).[1]
Noun
edit*kennos m
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *kennos | *kennou | *kennoi |
vocative | *kenne | *kennou | *kennūs |
accusative | *kennom | *kennou | *kennoms |
genitive | *kennī | *kennous | *kennom |
dative | *kennūi | *kennobom | *kennobos |
locative | *kennei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *kennū | *kennobim | *kennūis |
Reconstruction notes
editThe feminine gender in Old Irish is secondary, to better distinguish the word from the reflex of *kʷennom, which had become homophones with it.[2]