Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koimos

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 *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) (compare English home and Lithuanian káimas (“village, countryside”)), from *ḱey-.

Adjective

*koimos

dear, nice

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koimos	*koimou	*koimoi
vocative	*koime	*koimou	*koimoi
accusative	*koimom	*koimou	*koimoms
genitive	*koimī	*koimous	*koimom
dative	*koimūi	*koimobom	*koimobos
instrumental	*koimū	*koimobim	*koimobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koimā	*koimai	*koimās
vocative	*koimā	*koimai	*koimās
accusative	*koimam	*koimai	*koimams
genitive	*koimās	*koimous	*koimom
dative	*koimai	*koimābom	*koimābos
instrumental	*?	*koimābim	*koimābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koimom	*koimou	*koimā
vocative	*koimom	*koimou	*koimā
accusative	*koimom	*koimou	*koimā
genitive	*koimī	*koimous	*koimom
dative	*koimūi	*koimobom	*koimobos
instrumental	*koimū	*koimobim	*koimobis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kʉβ̃
- Old Breton: cum
  - Middle Breton: cunff, cuff
    - Breton: kuñv
- Cornish: kuv, cueff
- Middle Welsh: ku
  - Welsh: cu
Old Irish: cóem
- Irish: caomh
- Scottish Gaelic: caomh
Gaulish: Coemo