Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kambos
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos (“crooked”), probably from the same substrate source as *kh₂em- (“to arch”). Compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”).
Adjective edit
*kambos[1]
Inflection edit
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kambos | *kambou | *kamboi |
| vocative | *kambe | *kambou | *kamboi |
| accusative | *kambom | *kambou | *kamboms |
| genitive | *kambī | *kambous | *kambom |
| dative | *kambūi | *kambobom | *kambobos |
| instrumental | *kambū | *kambobim | *kambobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kambā | *kambai | *kambās |
| vocative | *kambā | *kambai | *kambās |
| accusative | *kambam | *kambai | *kambams |
| genitive | *kambās | *kambous | *kambom |
| dative | *kambai | *kambābom | *kambābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kambābim | *kambābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kambom | *kambou | *kambā |
| vocative | *kambom | *kambou | *kambā |
| accusative | *kambom | *kambou | *kambā |
| genitive | *kambī | *kambous | *kambom |
| dative | *kambūi | *kambobom | *kambobos |
| instrumental | *kambū | *kambobim | *kambobis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Brythonic: *kam
- Old Irish: camm, cam
- Gaulish: Cambo, Καμβοδουνον
- Hispano-Celtic:
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kambo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186