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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennom
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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
Etymology
Unknown: “all attempts to identify a PIE root have proven futile”.[1]
Possibly, via *kpwen-nó-m, from a heteroclitic *kápwl̥ ~ *kap-wén-s “head”, from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to hold, seize”).
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kʷennom | *kʷennou | *kʷennā |
| vocative | *kʷennom | *kʷennou | *kʷennā |
| accusative | *kʷennom | *kʷennou | *kʷennā |
| genitive | *kʷennī | *kʷennous | *kʷennom |
| dative | *kʷennūi | *kʷennobom | *kʷennobos |
| locative | *kʷennei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kʷennū | *kʷennobim | *kʷennūis |
Derived terms
- Proto-Celtic: *Kʷennowindos
- Old Irish: Cennfinn
- Irish: Ceannfhionn
- ⇒ Primitive Irish: ᚊᚓᚅᚑᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (qenovendagni)
- Old Irish: Cennfinnán
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: Penven
- Gaulish: Πεννοουινδος (Pennowindos)
- Old Irish: Cennfinn
- *Kunokʷennos
- Gaulish: *Kunopennos
- Gallo-Latin: Cunopennus
- Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni) (genitive)
- Gaulish: *Kunopennos
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
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