Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolinos

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

The most obvious relatives are various Germanic words for "holly";^[1] see Proto-West Germanic *hulis for these.

Noun

*kolinos m

holly

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kolinos	*kolinou	*kolinoi
vocative	*koline	*kolinou	*kolinūs
accusative	*kolinom	*kolinou	*kolinoms
genitive	*kolinī	*kolinous	*kolinom
dative	*kolinūi	*kolinobom	*kolinobos
locative	*kolinei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kolinū	*kolinobim	*kolinūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kölɨn
- Breton: (standard spelling) kelenn, (old spellings) quelen, quelenn, qelenn, kelen
- Old Cornish: kelin
- Middle Welsh: kelyn
  - Welsh: celyn
Old Irish: cuilenn
- Irish: cuileann
- Manx: cullyn
- Scottish Gaelic: cuileann

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kolino-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kolino-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213

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