Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koilos
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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
editEtymology
editUnknown. Pokorny offers a connection to Latvian kails (“bare”), but Delamarre and Matasović identify this comparison as semantically dubious.[1][2]
Adjective
edit*koilos
Inflection
edit| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koilos | *koilou | *koiloi |
| vocative | *koile | *koilou | *koiloi |
| accusative | *koilom | *koilou | *koiloms |
| genitive | *koilī | *koilous | *koilom |
| dative | *koilūi | *koilobom | *koilobos |
| instrumental | *koilū | *koilobim | *koilobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koilā | *koilai | *koilās |
| vocative | *koilā | *koilai | *koilās |
| accusative | *koilam | *koilai | *koilams |
| genitive | *koilās | *koilous | *koilom |
| dative | *koilai | *koilābom | *koilābos |
| instrumental | *? | *koilābim | *koilābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koilom | *koilou | *koilā |
| vocative | *koilom | *koilou | *koilā |
| accusative | *koilom | *koilou | *koilā |
| genitive | *koilī | *koilous | *koilom |
| dative | *koilūi | *koilobom | *koilobos |
| instrumental | *koilū | *koilobim | *koilobis |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “coilos”, in 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, page 121