Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/genos

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 *ǵénh₁os.

Noun

*genos n[1]

family, clan
birth

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*genos	*genese?	*genesa
vocative	*genos	*genese?	*genesa
accusative	*genos	*genese?	*genesa
genitive	*genesos	*genesous?	*genesom
dative	*genesē	*genesbom	*genesbos
locative	*genesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*genesē	*genesbim	*genesbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gen
- Old Breton: gen
  - ⇒ Breton: genel (denominative)
- ⇒ Old Welsh: Mor-gen
⇒ Gaulish: Ad-genus, Cintu-genus
⇒? Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena, “daughter”)
- Old Irish: ingen
  - Middle Irish: ingen
    - Irish: iníon, inghean; inghin, inín; nighean, níon, inín
    - Manx: inneen
    - Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
  - ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach
  - ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
    - Irish: iníonas
⇒ Old Irish: Eógan

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN