Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kottos
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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, leading to Henry, Delamarre, Matasović etc. to contemplate non-Indo-European origin.[1][2]
Adjective
edit*kottos
Inflection
edit| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kottos | *kottou | *kottoi |
| vocative | *kotte | *kottou | *kottoi |
| accusative | *kottom | *kottou | *kottoms |
| genitive | *kottī | *kottous | *kottom |
| dative | *kottūi | *kottobom | *kottobos |
| instrumental | *kottū | *kottobim | *kottobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kottā | *kottai | *kottās |
| vocative | *kottā | *kottai | *kottās |
| accusative | *kottam | *kottai | *kottams |
| genitive | *kottās | *kottous | *kottom |
| dative | *kottai | *kottābom | *kottābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kottābim | *kottābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kottom | *kottou | *kottā |
| vocative | *kottom | *kottou | *kottā |
| accusative | *kottom | *kottou | *kottā |
| genitive | *kottī | *kottous | *kottom |
| dative | *kottūi | *kottobom | *kottobos |
| instrumental | *kottū | *kottobim | *kottobis |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kotto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cottos”, 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 127