Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klownis

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlopni-, from *ḱlep- (“wet, swampy”), see also Czech slota and Slovak slota (“rainy weather”), Lithuanian šlapias (“wet”), Ancient Greek κλέπας (klépas).

Noun

*klownis m^[1]^[2]

meadow

Inflection

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Welsh: clun
  - Middle Welsh: clun (“meadow, moor; brake; brushwood”)
Old Irish: clúain
- Irish: cluain
  - → English: Cloyne
- Scottish Gaelic: cluain
  - → English: Cluny
Celtiberian: *klounia (placename)
- → Latin: Clunia

References

Wodtko, Dagmar, An outline of Celtiberian grammar, 2003

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klowni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209
^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klowni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209

[2] Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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